Toby Hemenway Quotes

#1. Permaculture gives us a toolkit for moving from a culture of fear and scarcity to one of love and abundance

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#2. Vegetarians may be appalled, but much of gardening is actually raising animals: the tiny ones under the earth's surface

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#3. I like to talk about the idea of "design without design," where ... we're creating the conditions for the things that we want to see happen rather than trying to force a particular set of outcomes.

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#4. The average yard is both an ecological and agricultural desert. The prime offender is short-mown grass, which offers no habitat and nothing for people except a place to sit, yet sucks down far more water and chemicals than a comparable amount of farmland.

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#5. The plants we've chosen will collect and cycle Earth's minerals, water, and air; shade the soil and renew it with leafy mulch; and yield fruits and greens for people and wildlife.

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#6. When you are doing work of value, people will support you in a variety of ways, not just money.

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#7. Agriculture is the process of turning eco-systems into people.

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#8. A culture disconnected from wild nature becomes insane.

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