permaculture
noun
per·ma·cul·ture
ˈpər-mə-ˌkəl-chər 
: an agricultural system or method that seeks to integrate human activity with natural surroundings so as to create highly efficient self-sustaining ecosystems
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Additionally, farmers receive advice on chemical-free, sustainable farming practices, such as permaculture.
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Vladan Shir, WIRED, 5 Aug. 2024
With three iconic valleys — Russian River, Dry Creek, and Alexander — Sonoma is the most sustainable wine region in the world with lots of permaculture and biodynamic farming of not only grapes but bounteous produce and plenty of sustainable and ethical farms raising livestock and producing dairy.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2024
Much of the restaurant’s produce is sourced straight from the estate's permaculture vegetable garden, where Chef David Charrier and the estate’s gardener work together to ensure each ingredient is brought to life on the plate.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2023
Well Living Farms, a 10-acre permaculture family farm in Southwest Florida.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 18 Sep. 2023
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Vladan Shir, WIRED, 5 Aug. 2024
With three iconic valleys — Russian River, Dry Creek, and Alexander — Sonoma is the most sustainable wine region in the world with lots of permaculture and biodynamic farming of not only grapes but bounteous produce and plenty of sustainable and ethical farms raising livestock and producing dairy.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2024
Much of the restaurant’s produce is sourced straight from the estate's permaculture vegetable garden, where Chef David Charrier and the estate’s gardener work together to ensure each ingredient is brought to life on the plate.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2023
Well Living Farms, a 10-acre permaculture family farm in Southwest Florida.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 18 Sep. 2023
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“Permaculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/permaculture. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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