A tour of a permaculture micro food forest with Earth4Ever

In this short video update, Rekha Rajendra Aheda and guests, guide us through one of the micro food forests, the crops selected and the practices used. Click the image below to watch the update.

Our partnership with Earth4Ever, was formed in joint belief and inspiration around regenerative approaches driving ongoing ecological, social and economic benefit. Their project, A.P.N.A: Aamhi Pan Nisarg Aahot (We too are Nature) received flow funding support from Regenerosity and on-ground support from Sukhbhumi India trust. A.P.N.A. supports farmers in Maharastra (Wada, Palghar area + Aarey Forest) to co-design, implement, maintain and transform 2000 sq. ft of their land into micro permaculture food forests.

The four key goals guiding the project are;

  • To create a change in mindsets : that trees, vegetable and grains CAN be grown together.

  • To increase food and nutrition security for the farmers and their families

  • To provide economic value by saving on the purchase of groceries, reduced expense on farm inputs and sale of produce.

  • To stimulate regeneration of the ecology by mimicking biodiverse and multi-layered natural forests in our food forest designs.

Earth4Ever believe that regenerative farming can not only provide a secure income source but also is the key to food and health security, mitigation of the effects of climate change, and restoration and regeneration of the ecology. The Food Forest designs were inspired by the principles of Ernst Gostch's "Syntropic Agroforestry" and Clea Chandmal's "Forest Floor Way" of farming.

Based on this belief, they have crafted their Theory of Change - if a small community of indigenous women are empowered with the knowledge of growing Permaculture Food Forests, then, they would be able to:

  1. Affect a social, cultural and economic change in their own lives

  2. Create food and nutrition security for themselves and their families

  3. Mitigate the effects of climate change that affects them the most.

We look forward to sharing more stories and knowledge from A.P.N.A. as this project continues to grow.


Rachel Steele