Want to become immersed in an approach to agriculture that develops ecosystems intended to be sustainable and self-sufficient? Permaculture is what you’re looking for, and Sustainable Solano is ...

Permaculture, a portmanteau of the words permanent and agriculture, is a design system that looks to natural ecology for guidance in designing other systems—agricultural and beyond. The practice is ...

Stephanie Syson came to know the principles of permaculture “back in a previous life,” while working as a river guide in Latin America. However, the term — derived from the words “permanent” and ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Though he thinks the global outlook for agriculture appears increasingly alarming, Andrew Millison doesn’t consider himself a pessimist. As a practitioner, instructor and chronicler ...

“What do you see here?” University Instructor Judith Hobbs asks the students in her permaculture class. Despite the brisk, wet breeze blowing in, the pause for answers doesn’t last long. Huddled above ...

The class focuses on the design of family gardens. The instructor will survey the permaculture of vegetables, fruits, domestic animals and the factors used to place these for maximum productivity and ...

Want to become immersed in an approach to agriculture that develops ecosystems intended to be sustainable and self-sufficient? Permaculture is what you’re looking for, and Sustainable Solano is ...