#49 The potential of agroforestry in human scale regenerative enterprises with Richard Perkins

I am today with Richard Perkins from Ridgedale Farm in Sweden. For those who do not know, Richard is a leading educator and author in the field of regenerative agriculture, specialising in human scale enterprises. We discuss the tree systems he has planted on his farm, and more specifically the opportunity of integrating trees to market gardening and pastured poultry, two of his key enterprises. Richard is also an educator with the mission of helping farmers to build and manage successful small scale farms. He is therefore the ideal guest to have a conversation on how to make small scale agroforestry systems viable, and their place in the farm strategy.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

01:41Richard’s story

05:45 What perennial systems on the farm? 

16:08 What place for perennial crops in your long term strategy? 

21:30 How do you manage your skill set? 

26:07 What oportunity for low managment tree plantings? 

31:00 How do you balance complexifying your ecology and maintaining efficiency? 

35:48 How to intergrate trees in your market garden? 

37:35 Trees and pastured poultry 

41:06 How do you make agroforestry profitable on a small scale?  

44:32 Funding tree plantations

48:41 Where should we prioritise planting trees in the landscape?  

• RESOURCES

https://www.richardperkins.co/

https://www.youtube.com/c/RichardPerkinsofRidgedale/

• GET IN TOUCH www.regenerativeagroforestry.org

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