simha bode

I have taken and participated in several PDCs and have some experience on small scale plating of food forests and annual organic gardens. I am now considering taking over a 4+ acre field that has been heavily farmed (conventionally) for generations in Switzerland, near the city of Lausanne.  I believe it is in zone 8a-8b. I am now looking at the business startup part of the design and of course a large part of this is to obtain a yield and more specifically $$$. The idea I have is to start a market garden with green house(s) on 1 acre, importing soils and nutrients and working an annual CSA style business to bring in some startup revenue. On the other 3 acres I envision a permaculture style (low input) pioneer plant planting for soil regeneration. This area will be taking into account a more long term design with workshops and layers of productions as the goal. I am wondering if anyone has experience with such a conversion of a depleted farm field and/or such a business startup that would like to share some tips/resources.

Thanks, Simha

Who is organizing this? I just posted this on NE Permaculture ning social networking site.

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let me know how I can help.

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