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NPR: Hilly land being abandoned worldwide - Permacultural opportunity?

 
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Lists Portugal, Bulgaria, South Korea...
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/03/nx-s1-5246186/farmers-are-abandoning-their-land-is-that-good-for-nature


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This sounds like a great opportunity to find affordable land.

Especially the opportunity to buy abandoned houses and fix them up.

 
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