Tropical Permaculture Journal: Growing Food & Living Sustainably
Field-tested guidance for designing real food systems in the tropics, based on 15+ years of lived experience at Finca Tierra, Costa Rica.
Tropical Food Forest Design: What Works in Humid and Seasonal Tropics
In the humid tropics, everything grows fast, including weeds. A good tropical food forest isn’t a jungle; it’s a balanced system of trees, spacing, and soil life. Here’s how we design and maintain our food forest at Finca Tierra for year-round abundance.
How Much Land to Feed a Family: We Grow a Complete Diet on ½ Acre (2,000 m²) in the Tropics
A simple ½-acre tropical garden and food forest that produces calories, protein, fats, and fruit year-round, no fertilizers, no external inputs.