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[Scott Vlaun <scott@moosepondarts.com>]

Hi Christopher,

Your place sounds amazing. I've spent a little bit of time in Belize  
photographing for Sustainable Harvest International. Do you work with  
them at all? It seems like what you are doing is a perfect fit with  
their mission.

I remember this amazing farmer named Burton Callis, who was doing some  
interesting polycultures at the time.

http://www.sustainableharvest.org/news_pdfs/SeedsofChange.pdf

Keep up the great work down there!


Scott Vlaun Moose Pond Arts+Ecology Design Solutions for a Sustainable  
Future
35 Moose Pond Rd, Otisfield, Maine 04270 •  207-539-9042

If you want to go fast, go alone, If you want to go far, go together -  
African Proverb



On Apr 13, 2013, at 11:57 AM, christopher nesbitt wrote:

> Eric,
>
> This sounds like a great project!
>
> If you have time, come visit us. We are working on a manual for  
> farmers on turning damaged land into stacked polycultures. Our farm  
> was an abandoned citrus and cattle farm in 1988, and we now manage  
> over 500 species of plants on 22 acres (out of 70), and are  
> expanding. We have been doing this for the last 24 years.
>
> We used a series of plants, pioneer species, cover crops, annuals  
> with long term species interplanted. We get yields within 4 months  
> and then in perpetuity. Part of the farm take very little work to  
> maintain, and provide a LOT of goods and services.
>
> Right now we are consolidating a lot of the farm by using the  
> understory we have created to plant out rare cultivars of cacao we  
> found deep in the Maya Mountains at Maya sites. These are relic Maya  
> cultigens left behind after their collapse.
>
> There is a lot going on here, so if you have questions, please feel  
> free to ask them.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Christopher
>
>
>
> _____________________________
> Christopher Nesbitt
>
> Maya Mountain Research Farm
> San Pedro Columbia, Toledo
> PO 153 Punta Gorda Town, Toledo
> BELIZE,
> Central America
>
> Country code 501-630-4386
>
> www.mmrfbz.org
> www.facebook.com/MayaMountainResearchFarm
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 12, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Scott Vlaun wrote:
>
> > This sounds great Eric.
> >
> > Have you seen Biosequestration and Ecological Diversity: Mitigating
> > and Adapting to Climate Change and Environmental Degradation  Wayne  
> > A.
> > White? It's a good read and loaded with statistics and references  
> > that
> > might help you on your journey. I'm not finished, but so far no
> > mention of edible paradise!
> >
> > Best of Luck with this timely project.
> >
> > Scott Vlaun Moose Pond Arts+Ecology Design Solutions for a  
> > Sustainable
> > Future
> > 35 Moose Pond Rd, Otisfield, Maine 04270 •  207-539-9042
> >
> > On Apr 5, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Eric Toensmeier wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I'm writing a book about the potential for perennial crops and
> > > regenerative
> > > farming practices to sequester carbon, plus provide other multiple
> > > functions of course!
> > >
> > > You can pre-buy a copy or otherwise contribute through the  
> > > kickstarter
> > > campaign<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1115575313/writing-toolkit-for-climate-stabilization-with-tre
> > > > ,
> > > or just pass it along to your friends.
> > >
> > > To save the planet we may need to turn it into an edible paradise...
> > > help
> > > me write the book that explains how and why.
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Eric Toensmeier
> > > (413) 695-6115
> > > www.perennialsolutions.org
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