Natural Farming

Ventures Green is using permaculture principles and Natural Farming methods to build soil and provide local food to Vancouver Island.  

Natural Farming:

Popularly known as “do nothing” farming, natural farming (自然農法 / shizen nōhō, in Japanese) is an environmentally regenerative way of growing food in an equitable relationship between farmer and nature (https://finalstraw.org/en/what-is-natural-farming/).  Some Natural Farming techniques include: No-Till; Bugs and weeds are not enemies; No need for external inputs of any kind; Let nature decide what grows.  For more on this concept go to this website: https://finalstraw.org/en/what-is-natural-farming/.   

Regenerative Agriculture and Local Food:

We are trying to limit our resource consumption as much as possible.  We used reclaimed pallets that lumber stores were throwing out to build our storage and farm station. See details of various Regenerative Farming Community plans on our Green Community page and watch a short video here explaining Regenerative Agriculture.  Here is a great 8 minute video highlighting the benefits of local food (video).