Food Forests and Rainwater Harvesting Resources

 Resources on Food Forests and Rainwater Harvesting

from Jim Allen talk 4/13

Resources on Food Forests and Rainwater Harvesting

What is a food forest?: https://projectfoodforest.org/what-is-a-food-forest/. This webpage provides helpful background information.

Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute: Site of high-elevation outdoor and indoor food forests, which are also the most mature and diverse that I’ve seen to date. Located at 7,250 feet near Basalt, CO.

Video interview with founder, Jerome Osentowski (6:39):  https://www.facebook.com/versaplanet/videos/3090101181030966/. This video has scenes of both his indoor and outdoor food forests, along with Jerome discussing his work.

The Forest Garden Greenhouse (Jerome’s book): https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/the-forest-garden-greenhouse/. This webpage also has links to other resources that may be of interest.

 

Brad Lancaster and Rainwater Harvesting:

Brad’s TED Talk, Planting the Rain to Grow Abundance (17:52): https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/video/planting-the-rain-to-grow-abundance/

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond website: https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/

Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Forester website: https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/

 

Some Other Resources:

Linking Edible Arizona Forests website: https://leafnetworkaz.org/

Flagstaff Low Impact Development website: https://www.flagstaff.az.gov/3704/LID

USDA National Agroforestry Center: https://www.fs.usda.gov/nac/

Urban food forests in the American Southwest journal article: https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/uar2.20018

Jim’s webinar on food forests in the American Southwest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhHAuNITzsY