Early Morning in the Main Crop at Zaytuna Farm

I’m back at the active Permaculture demonstration site, Zaytuna Farm, my home and home to the Permaculture Research Institute—a sixty-six acre (27 hectares) property in Northern NSW, Australia. Its early morning here, the crew—a dedicated and enthusiastic group of volunteers—has emptied the toolshed and we’re heading down to the main crop gardens, the dogs are darting amongst and ahead of us. We’ve got buckets for harvesting and hand tools for flipping compost. The first deed is to let the chickens out