Food Forests
with Manisha Lath Gupta
Learn to design and build productive, biodiverse food forests using permaculture principles and agroforestry techniques. Transform your land into a self-sustaining ecosystem that produces food, supports wildlife, and regenerates the soil.
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🌱 Module 1: Why Permaculture?
+Why Permaculture?
From metropolitan living to cultivating an abundant food forest, learn how Aanandaa farm came to be, and why permaculture is the nature-positive alternative to industrial agriculture.
📐 Module 2: Spatial Stacking for Forest Design
+Spatial Stacking for Forest Design
Learn the design skills to maximise water, sunlight, and nutrients in your food forest and debunk the myth that trees and crops don’t grow together.
⏰ Module 3: Temporal Stacking
+Temporal Stacking
Learn how to maximize your harvest year-round by understanding temporal stacking – the art of planning what grows when.
🗺️ Module 4: Know Your Zones
+Know Your Zones
Another key part of planning your food forest is zoning. Plan your zones and design a food forest that aligns your daily permaculture practices with nature, sunlight, and your harvest.
⛰️ Module 5: Slope & Landform
+Slope & Landform
Understanding how slope and landform affect water movement, sun exposure, and planting strategies in your food forest design.
✏️ Module 6: Drawing Your Lines
+Drawing Your Lines
Practical techniques for mapping and designing your food forest layout on paper and translating it to your land.
🌳 Module 7: Species Selection
+Species Selection
Choosing the right plant species for your climate, soil conditions, and food forest goals to create a thriving, productive ecosystem.
Manisha Lath Gupta
Food Forest Designer & Permaculture Expert
What You’ll Learn
- ✓ Design productive food forest systems
- ✓ Master spatial and temporal stacking
- ✓ Understand permaculture zone planning
- ✓ Work with slope and landforms
- ✓ Select the right species for your climate
- ✓ Create biodiverse ecosystems