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13 Falling in Love with Land Is it possible to live in 'right relationship' with the land and in community in the 21st century? Chris Taylor introduces us to life in an organic communal farm.
50 A Learning Community as a Prototype for Working with Volunteers In PM119, Andrew Zionts Abrams, Joanna Crowson and Jorge Gallardo wrote about creating regenerative communities as part of our focus on people care and regenerative cultures; this article takes an in-depth look at working with an ephemeral community that can transition to a distributed community.
55 A Retreat in the Tuscan Apennines Adrian Patch describes how permaculture is guiding the land works at the rural retreat that he and Tiziana Togni have set up in Tuscany.
61 Relocalising our Food: Growing to Make a Difference Kelly Munford visits four land projects producing community food, and explains how her employer, Ooooby, is helping transform our broken food system by supporting these and many other growers.
64 Natural Succession, Jungle Gardens and Permaculture Rico Zook visits Mineral Springs in Darjeeling to discover what happens when you abandon a tea estate.
Joyful harvesting! Lara Honnor (centre, at the back) and the Skool Beanz kids enjoying the no dig garden’s abundance. Learn more from
Lara’s article on page 4.
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