Food Production (growing food)[edit | edit source]
- Aquaponics and Hydroponics
- Rancho Delicioso, Costa Rica. https://www.ranchodelicioso.com/hydroponics-costa-rica/
- Chicken tractors
- Companion Planting
- Three sisters agriculture (beans, corn/maize, squash).
- Edible landscaping
- Fish farming (Aquaculture)
- Fleet gardening
- Forest Gardens and Fruit Forests
- Agroforestry at SHIFT Esperanza, Costa Rica. https://shiftesperanza.com/sustainability/#conservation
- Allegria Farm at Allegria Village, Costa Rica. https://www.alegriavillage.com/about-our-farm AND Regenerative Farming Practices at Allegria Village, Costa Rica. https://www.alegriavillage.com/farm-practices Practices include: worm composting; raised bed gardening; bee keeping; food forest; companion planting; integrated pest management.
- Syntropic agricuture, including seed selection and seed saving, and forest-gardening at The Ark in Costa Rica. https://www.theark.world/
- Honey Bees
- Indoor agriculture
- Agritecture. https://www.agritecture.com/ "Agritecture is an advisory services and technology firm focused on climate-smart agriculture, particularly urban and controlled environment agriculture."
- Passive solar greenhouses
- National Center for Appropriate Technology, 2024, Mapping Reveals Expanding Global Extent of Greenhouses [Electronic article], available at: https://attra.ncat.org/mapping-reveals-expanding-global-extent-of-greenhouses/
- Irrigation (see also Precision Agriculture)
- Blumat watering systems, https://www.sustainablevillage.com/
- Appropriate Technology Collaborative, open-source designs for small water pumps, https://apptechcollaborative.org/design-library/.
- Mushrooms
- Permaculture
- Natural Capital Permaculture Plant Database. https://permacultureplantdata.com/plant-database
- Permaculture Association (UK), https://www.permaculture.org.uk/about-us
- Permaculture Collaborative Laboratory. https://www.perma.earth/
- Rancho Mastatal, Costa Rica. https://ranchomastatal.com/the-plants-and-permaculture
- Shades of Green Permaculture, Atlanta, Georgia. https://shadesofgreenpermaculture.com/
- The Ark in Costa Rica. https://www.theark.world/
- Portable gardens
- Precision Agriculture. <Concise definition here.>
- EarthMetric Innovations, off-grid, portable data collection for optimizing irrigation, fertilization, pest and disease control, etc. https://earthmetricinnovations.com/
- Solar cooking
- Vertical gardening
- Urban Agriculture
RESOURCES[edit | edit source]
- Back to main Food Systems page: Ecovillage & Intentional Community Solutions: Food Systems
- Back to main Project Page: Ecovillages & Intentional Communities Energy and Climate Action Research Project
- Farming and Gardening for Self-Sufficiency
- Oliver Gomez, Harrison Hill, Vivian Morales, Garrett Young, Havien Gibson, 2024, Ladybug Sustainable Community Planning Report, Michigan State University. https://reicenter.org/upload/Projects/SLFG%202024/Kotval/%5BADA%5D%20Ladybug%20Agri-Community%20(Final%20Version)%20(1).pdf
- Ron Melchiore and Johanna Melchiore, 2020, The Self-Sufficient Backyard: For the Independent Homesteaders. https://selfsufficient-backyard.com/my-book/
- How is climate change affecting agriculture in different regions? What plants are best to consider for our newly destablized climate? What crops are needing to move to new locations because of climate change (e.g. wine grapes, apples, citrus fruits, peaches).
