EDWARD ALEXANDER

There is a direct relationship between the quality of the soil and the quality of the person.  Agriculture is the
science behind what comes from the ground and what becomes of the person.

Permaculture is an art of plant feng shui.  Mineral deficiency is a major issue in the world today.  We see it in our loved ones, in our cattle, and in our plants.

Farm at sunset

Plants often have to be moved from one plot of land to another because the minerals in the soil are taken in up into the plants.  Season after season, the proceeding crops are born with less nutrients than the previous.  This is why farmers have to rotate the crops and do not return to the same plot of land for 7 years.

Permaculture allows for plants to occupy a plot of land every season.  One plant yields nutrients that replenish the land for the benefit of another plant.  Some crop rotation may need to occur, but you never have to go with a bare plot of land if you acknowledge the natural plant relationships and cycles.