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Edible forests
- cs702 15y agoIMO the related video is fascinating: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-5ZgzwoQ-ao# http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-...! A quote from the video: "I casually asked, How long had [this edible forest] been there, how long has this system been established, and it turns out — about two acres of ground, probably a little bit less — it’s been in the family for 28 generations. So it’s a completely different timescale of establishment, because everything has been tried and tested. The bees’ hives, the natural bees’ hives in hollow logs, all the medicinal plants, every plant, every tree, in the system had a use, had a story, and if it wasn’t a specific, regularly used food, it was a very specific medicine or herbal tonic." A human-engineered ecosystem consisting only of natural components that has survived for 28 generations!