Pike Food Forest

Food forests are the next step in sustainable home and community gardening, containing edible plants that mimic ecosystems and patterns found in nature. In order to use our own backyards to enhance food security and practice permaculture, or the philosophy of working with nature rather than against it, it is key to understand which plants are best for local food forests and what they will grow alongside with harmoniously. Permaculture, can teach us affordable, sustainable, and research-based ways to not only beautify our surroundings, but also lower the risk of food insecurity and help prepare us for population increases and continuous climate change. All one needs to successfully begin their food forest experience is one thing: a lawn.