Tropical Permaculture Journal: Growing Food & Living Sustainably

Field-tested guidance on designing food systems and living sustainably in the tropics, based on 15+ years at Finca Tierra in Costa Rica.

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Tropical Food Forest Design: A Complete Guide for the Humid 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.