Unfortunately, many people do not take permaculture to mean “permanent culture”, but “permanent agriculture”. It is my belief that if we permanently have agriculture, we will not have humans. So while I like the concept of permaculture, as I believe Holmgren and Mollison intended it, I believe it has been distorted. This distortion seems most extreme in the US, where permaculture has become something of a marketing gimmick. My impression is that permaculture has become something capitalists think they can improve by profit incentives, and I think that’s false, and also makes it difficult to use the term.
It’s a pity, Andrew. All good things are taken by the commercial business (capitalists). They change the concept so they can use it to make profit. Probably soon they’ll take the ‘feralculture diet’ too. That’s the way it works.
But don’t worry. Just go on doing things the right way!
I go to local slaughter houses, and ask for it. Some give it to me free, some charge a little bit for it. I get the kidneys along with beef suet usually free.
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