Growing Your Own Food is a Winning Idea

Freedom & Food Forest Abundance

Permaculture is a method of agriculture that works with nature by using diverse plants, animals, and natural processes to create self-sustaining ecosystems. Unlike monoculture farming — which involves growing a single crop and often damages soil and biodiversity through the use of chemicals — permaculture helps build healthy soil, supports wildlife, and reduces the need for artificial inputs. This approach is better for the environment and offers greater resilience for long-term food production.

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Freedom & Food Forest Abundance

On this episode we talk with Jim Gale, the extraordinary mind behind Food Forest Abundance and a true force of nature. As a international permaculture advocate, entrepreneur, and CEO, Jim has dedicated his life to transforming the way we interact with our environment, cultivating a sustainable future for all. We explore the power of the mind, having a vision for the future, scarcity and abundance, being free, the freedom of having food forests and growing food, joining community gardens, allowing schools to be a space to educate and grow food, changing the idea of what off-grid living is, community being key. Jim talks about his journey, being called ’nature boy’ when being a kid, coming across the concept of enlightenment, what being a wrestler taught him, writing goals for direction, learning about people and cultures whilst living nomadically, having a highly successful mortgage business, discovering permaculture, creating an off-grid community in Florida and sharing knowledge. For more about Jim and Food Forest Abundance find them on Instagram ( / foodforestabundance , Facebook ( / foodforestabundance ) and https://foodforestabundance.com/. ‪@foodforestabundance2687‬

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Food Forest Abundance (FFA) is a food systems design firm with the objective of bringing health, abundance and freedom to people and communities using the lowest common denominator which is food.

FFA uses permaculture design principles to design and implement food systems. Our vision is for a sustainable, healthy, and abundant society for our grandkids and beyond. Food Forests growing in every community, solar on every roof, water catchment, and storage at every home. We believe empowering people to restoring nutrient density food by low-input cultivation practices making good food widely available.