Growing Wildlife with Ben Falk — WildFed Podcast #045
In this episode:
Ben Falk | Regenerative ecosystem architect & founder of Whole Systems Design
Podcast discussion:
Introducing Ben and his work in regenerative agriculture
The world of permaculture
Banking water
Beaver as a verb
What to do when you acquire new land
Getting started growing wildlife on your property
Sustainable wild harvesting and tending the wild
Ben's essential daily tools
Qualities of a permaculturist
The Resilient Farm and Homestead
Our responsibility to tend the wild
Current abundance at Ben's homestead
What new projects are on Ben's horizon
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Meet Ben Falk
Ben is the author of the award-winning book the Resilient Farm and Homestead. Ben developed Whole Systems Design, LLC as a land-based response to biological and cultural extinction and the increasing separation between people and elemental things. Life as a designer, builder, ecologist, tree-tender, and backcountry traveler continually informs Ben’s integrative approach to developing landscapes and buildings. His home landscape and the WSD studio site in Vermont's Mad River Valley serve as a proving ground for the regenerative land developments featured in the projects of Whole Systems Design. Ben has studied architecture and landscape architecture at the graduate level and holds a master’s degree in land-use planning and design. He has conducted more than 300 site development consultations across the US and abroad, and has facilitated dozens of courses on property selection, permaculture design, and resilient systems. He has given keynote addresses and presented dozens of workshops at venues ranging from Bioneers to the Omega Institute. Ben is the author of the award-winning book the Resilient Farm and Homestead and serves as an Advisory Council for the international regeneration group Ecosystem Restoration Camps.
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