Book Food Forest

Publisher: Knnv Uitgeverij Author: Madelon Oostwoud Dutch Edition: 1 9789050116534 January 2019 Hardcover 224 pages A plant guide with more than 250 edible plants is included as a separate booklet.

Food forests are receiving a lot of attention because they contribute to sustainable food production. They have a high biodiversity and enrich the soil; they are completely self-sufficient and climate-proof. Pioneers in the field of food forests already showed that their plots produced more healthy yields at lower costs. This makes food forests a fully-fledged alternative to conventional agriculture.

This book is the ideal source of knowledge and inspiration for anyone who wants to create a professional food forest. This book is interesting for owners and/or managers of nature reserves or forest plots, private land or estate owners, forest and nature managers, civil servants, farmers, gardeners and permaculturists.

"Anyone who wants to get started in their own green area has a wonderful source of inspiration with this book." - Taco Blom, Permaculture School Netherlands

The book contains a wealth of background information and provides valuable tips on ecology and landscape, animal life, management, yield and much more.

From the press

''Very inspiring and diverse!'' - stubbornly happy

Madelon Oostwoud is a designer and garden author. She has been growing vegetables, fruit and herbs in the postage stamp garden behind her house for years. She has a food forest in North Holland, gives lectures and workshops and writes for garden magazines. Madelon previously wrote the bestseller "A small edible garden with perennials" >> which was nominated for the Jan Wolkers Book Prize 2016.

Food forests are sustainable plantings in which edible plants can be continuously harvested through a targeted, very diverse choice of plants and making optimal use of the different layer structure that a forest has. The principle, construction and management of this form of sustainable food production is explained in detail in this book, including descriptions of a number of projects that have already been completed.
Furthermore, many practical tips and facts are included. The appendix contains, among other things, (web) addresses, plant lists and a glossary/index. A plant guide with more than 250 edible plants is included as a separate booklet.

Written in an enthusiastic tone, the book is illustrated in color with photos and drawings (including maps!). The reader who is interested in this form of agriculture, professionally or out of interest, will certainly be inspired by this book. including descriptions of a number of projects already completed. There are also many practical tips and facts included. The book is illustrated in color with photos and drawings (including maps!).