Check out these interviews to learn more about Marda Farm director Murad Alkhufash's visions for the project. |
The Marda Permaculture Farm is a working farm and a demonstration site
for permaculture principles, techniques and strategies. Permaculture is
an ecological design system that draws heavily from indigenous, local
wisdom as well as cutting edge science to help individuals and
communities maximize local resources toward sustainable production,
generation, and recycling of food, water, energy, housing, and other
resources. The
project seeks to promote ecological, cultural and economic resilience
in the Occupied Territories by continuing to develop our small scale permaculture site to
serve as a model and training center for local farmers and
international permaculture students. The
Farm aims to be a model of sustainable development and self-sufficiency for the
whole of Palestine, and to build connections with permaculture projects regionally and
internationally. Farm
staff facilitate permaculture design courses in diverse
communities across Palestine. Find
out more about team members here. The
primary objectives we are working towards through our project include building
bottom-up green local economies and increased local food production,
water harvesting and recycling, and small scale manufacturing for the
people of the rural West Bank. We are looking forward to develop the farm to be a cell of a holistic green bottom up green economic body, using its regenerative economy as
vehicle for change and as social-ecological medium to connect
Palestinians with each other and their environment. |
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