Terraquaculture is the practice of farming living water flowing
through the landscape. It is the traditional farming system of the
Asia-Pacific region where it has been practiced for thousands of years
and is arguably the only truly sustainable farming system.
Communal paddy harvest, Philippines (Photograph by Dion Workman)
Terraquaculture is natural farming without imported energy,
agro-chemicals or irrigation infrastructure. Despite the absence of
these modern agricultural "improvements" terraqueous systems are often
highly productive."