The concept of a food forest is central to the idea of permaculture. But building a permaculture food forest is only learning what a natural forest is in an ecological sense. Many of the food forest definitions in the permaculture literature are modeled after tropical forests.
Being a "Yank", I protest. Here is the natural Maple-Beech food forest I grew up with in the Northern Michigan woods. And its Maple Syrup season back home! After that come the morels!
I wrote this article several years ago, so please be patient if some of the links are not working. Most of them are the last time I checked.
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