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>>49424708
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>>49426546
Modern agriculture is a process-based way of growing food: you plant one crop on a lot of land all at once, then you fertilize, then you wait, then you harvest all at once, then you let the soil rest (or grow another crop; you can do this with a wheat/onions pair) and then eventually you plant again. This produces a LOT of food, but favors centralized agriculture, relies on mono-crops that are vulnerable to blight, can incentivize pesticides, irresponsible land use, heavy runoff, Monsanto fuckery, etc.

Permaculture is the idea that we manage our food farms the way nature does. Something of some sort is always growing, the plants nourish each other, plots are kept small, tons of plants grown a the same time, (some) bugs like bees are encouraged, animals are kept on the land to eat weeds and provide natural fertilizer, and there's a heavy emphasis on local tradition both in which local plants are grown (suitable to the climate and local soil) and culturally. (Each plot is small enough to be run by one farmer who is deeply tied to the land and the community on it)

Obviously, permaculture is much harder to do at scale and much more expensive to get started. But a lot of people think it's the future of agriculture because it produces healthy, varied food without raping the Earth. It's also huge among hippies, radical right wingers, anti-government paranoiacs, traditionalists, basically anyone who wants to opt out and go back to the land.

Anon says he wants to "serve the creator", which implies that he's getting into permaculture to honor God and Creation. This is actually a very common reason to do it; most religious institutions have permaculture food production of some sort (abbeys brewing beer, temples maintaining gardens, etc)