Interwoven Permaculture
Short description of your place and practices
Interwoven is a permaculture farm and learning center, bordering Lusk Creek Wilderness, in South-Eastern Illinois. Our vision is to create a space for innovation and inspiration in the realm of beyond-organic agriculture and sustainable technologies. Our farm ecosystem is home to several on-site enterprises, including a permaculture plant nursery, a fruit and nut orchard, lodging, and agroforestry consultation business. The land base is a demonstration site and teaching tool for permaculture and other earth skills. We host workshops, retreats, and farm tours. We intend to show that farmers can rehabilitate damaged landscape, increase soil quality, while simultaneously make a good living. We are working locally to promote permaculture and build community networks in order to create a more regenerative and resilient region
Our Approach:
Perennial Based Agriculture: Creating edible perennial ecosystems, modeled after the local ecology, in order to create food systems that last for generations.
Perennial Nutrition: To nourish both people and planet.
Patterned Agroforestry Design: To balance complex systems with simplified maintenance and harvest.
Perennial Plant Library: Preservation of locally adapted plant genetics for future ecological resource base and breeding repository
Keyline Design: To harvest water, hydrate the landscape, and drought proof our farm.
No Till: To build soil, and increase soil health.
Silvopasture: Harmonious animal impact to enrich agricultural systems.
Aquaculture: To hydrate landscapes, while storing food, water, and fun.
Syntropy: Creating positive feed back loops of ecological abundance
https://www.interwovenpermaculture.com/about-interwoven.html