Amidst potential economic and social turmoil, the true value of self-reliance comes into sharp focus. Among the most profound ways to foster this self-reliance is through a well-planned permaculture design or food forest. This practice isn't just about growing food; it's about cultivating resilience, sustainability, and a deeper connection to the natural world

Food forests, also known as forest gardens, are a type of agroforestry system that incorporates trees, shrubs, perennial vegetables, herbs, and other plants into a productive human-guided ecosystem that is modeled off of the patterns found in nature. The patterns we gain inspiration from are both spatial and temporal. We layer the system spatially with different size and types of plants in beneficial relationships (guiding) similar to a forest while utilizing the temporal phenomena of forest succession to establish the system and guide its management.