Patrick Whitefield opened up the day with his story how he got into permaculture (he didn’t have the patience for farming, it turns out) and spoke of the benefits of applying permaculture principles to create integrated farm systems to reduce dependency on external inputs (eg diminishing fossil fuels)

Dedicated to Patrick Whitefield, who is no longer with us, may he rest in peace.

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Patrick’s company still runs a variety of permaculture courses, more info here.