Wouldn't it be wonderful if a modest Kickstarter offertory resulted in the means to employ someone to translate Henri Desplanques' book mentioned in this article?
http://www.foodinitaly.org/blog/tag/coltura-promiscua/
There are pretty few books around about centuries-old functional polycultures, let alone one in a climate zone similar to large areas of the US!
He got surgery to replace his foot with a pig. He said it was because of this tiny ad:
permaculture bootcamp - gardening gardeners; grow the food you eat and build your own home