Simple “Designing a Food Forest” School Activity This activity is not just about designing the food forest, but also getting students to embody the idea. Hope it is helpful to someone! I’ve had two opportunities to use this activity with middle school students and it seemed to go over well… Continue reading The post FREE RESOURCE- Interactive School Activity appeared first on Community Food Forests.| Community Food Forests
I have previously posted about SWALE – the floating food forest project in NYC. I did not realize the artist, Mary Mattingly, was an artist-in-residence in the Arts and Humanities Residency Program at the NYC Urban Field Station supported by the US Forest Service. About the program from the website: The… Continue reading The post SWALE-the floating food forest- supported by the USDA Forest Service appeared first on Community Food Forests.| Community Food Forests
I am prompted to write this post today after discovering a beautiful blue egg laying out in plain sight below one of the blueberry bushes at our community food forest. The food forest covers a small portion of a much larger area that has a community garden and wilderness area… Continue reading The post Food Forests as Habitat for Species Conservation appeared first on Community Food Forests.| Community Food Forests
With more than 80 percent of the US population now residing in urban areas food forests help provide a local food source. And they also serve as perfect platforms for community-building.| Chelsea Green Publishing
Learn how to grow a food forest layer by layer in your own backyard. The post What Is a Food Forest? And How to Grow Your Own appeared first on Farm Flavor.| Year-Round Gardening Guides, Tips and Projects - Farm Flavor
A beginner-friendly guide to turning your annual garden into a food forest, with a list of over 100 edible perennial vegetables for a variety of climates.| ecodesignhive
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