Eric Toensmeier new global food forest book kickstarter

Hi everybody,

I'm running a kickstarter campaign for my new book, which is about the climate change-fighting potential of perennial crops and regenerative farming systems. I'm looking at all the world's climates and a huge range of perennial staple crops, including major crops and new things under development but not yet ready for prime time.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1115575313/writing-toolkit-for-climate-stabilization-with-tre

Love to have your support in the form of pre-buying a book or just passing the info along.

Thanks!
Eric

Hi everyone, just wanted to add that if donations through Permies total $1000 or more, I'll include you in the dedication of the book right alongside my high-rolling $1000 individual donors.


woody agriculture at Badgersett


perennial staples: chestnut, bunya bunya, acorn


perennial market garden in Guatemala


perennial staple crop food forest in Veracruz, Mexico


moringa!

Hi Eric - I made a pledge and I am a member of permies.com but I don't think I went through this site to make the pledge. Would permies get credit for that?

Awesome!

Just followed link and pledged for book and articles. Can't wait.

Pledge for book has bee done.

Yeah, I've pledged $75 too but not through the link here.

I'm in for the book and papers

Looking forward to your continued success.

Im so looking forward to more of your work Eric, you are truly an inspiration, cheers!

Ah... bummer! I really wanted a copy of the book but the backer level that I could actually afford is all gone already. ($22 level). But I will share the link on my facebook page anyway so maybe some of my friends will get it and I can barrow it from them some time.

Hi everyone,

Way to go permies, in just a few days you pledged over $1,500. That's not counting at least a few of you who had already pledged. You've made your way into the dedication of the book.

I thought you might enjoy the latest excerpt I've posted, on the current status of perennial grain breeding (http://www.perennialsolutions.org/perennial-cereal-grains-a-promise-requiring-patience-and-prioritization).

Here's a photo of an ear of a perennial corn hybrid. We're clearly not there yet, but with enough funding the Land Institute could have perennial corn ready for field testing in a decade. This one was bred by my friend Craig Hepworth.