The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe
https://www.shelterwoodforestfarm.com/blog/the-lost-forest-gardens-of-europe
* People of the Hazel: Europe’s indigenous cultures return after the glaciers retreat, bringing their most cherished tree with them
* The Continent-Wide Orchard: Mesolithic people create Europe’s post-glacial ecosystems as vast forest gardens
* A Changing Climate: millennia of drastic fluctuations in the climate lead to the creation and spread of grain-based agriculture
* Strength in Diversity: early farmers innovate resilient crop mixes and companion planting to guard against climate change
* Hybrid Cultures: Europe’s new creolized societies mix the best of hunter-gatherer and farmer cultures, practices, livestock, and crops to create entirely new ways to grow food
* The Domesticated Forest Garden: farmers in the Mediterranean adapt their region’s hunter-gatherer forest gardens into diverse multi-story farms, creating resilient agricultural forests of domesticated crops that exist to this day
* Towards a New Culture: imperialist monoculture farming systems take precedence in Europe, but the indigenous forest garden methods survive in the margins. These ancient methods are nearly forgotten, but they can provide a framework for rethinking the way we live and grow food in a changing climate.
#europe #forest #garden #agriculture #food #climate #solarpunk
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