DisruptiveDiner: PSF Bob Henkel

DisruptiveDiner:Profitably Sustainable Food

Bob Henkel

“You can solve all the world’s problems in

a garden” -Geoff Lawton

Agribusiness

What’s in a Perennial Food Forest?

Currants

Jerusalem Artichokes

StrawberriesWalnuts Perennial Onions

Rhubarb

Community GardenMore Value

Still High MaintenanceLAWNS

High MaintenanceFood Desert

Ecological HarmLittle Value

Small patches to

7-acre multi-element projects

Seattle, WA

Edible Forest Gardens

HEALTHY FOREST

Mimicking a Forest for

Food Production

Food Forest Installation

Keyline Subsoil Plow Technique

for Pastures

Before After

Polycultures(Forests)

Recycle Nutrients

Monocultures Lose

Nutrients

Plants Serve Multiple

Functions:

1. Insect Nectary2. Dynamic Accumulator3. Ground Cover 4. Weed Suppression 5. Water Retention6. Fertilizer7. Habitat8. Soil Building9. Food10. Medicine

Pear Tree Guild includes: Currants, Comfrey, Garlic

From Fresh Food Desert

to a Community Food

Forest

How do you want your food?

OR

Chop and Drop Mulchingmimics a

Forest Leaf Drop

All Plants Depend on This Web For Nutrition

Me

Installing Food Forest on a Swale

Value-Added Products

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time

is now. - Chinese Proverb