In a three part posting at Future Forward.
"Since the beginning of mankind, various groups of people have purposely maintained forests and woodland areas, benefiting from the food, fuel, fibers, medicine and other resources they provide. These peoples depended on the forests for their very lives. Today we know that forests also provide numerous ecological services upon which all life on Earth depends."
"The advantages of forest gardening includes its extreme productivity, relatively low maintenance requirements, and the fact that it does not require inputs of artificial fertilizers, pesticides or other chemicals. Forest gardening can be done by anyone with even a small plot of land."
Read the full postings at the Future Forward blog.