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Stefan Sobkowiak is a synergist, permaculturist and irrepressible optimist – a man outstanding in his field. Over the last 25 years he has spoken to more than 400 groups on the themes of edible gardening, gardening, landscape design, birds and permaculture. As a University sessional lecturer for 8 years Stefan has taught courses in Fruit production, Landscape plants and design and the Natural History of Vertebrates. He has a Master’s in landscape architecture from the University of Guelph and a Masters and Bachelors in wildlife biology and wildlife management respectively, from McGill University. Over the last 6 years he has focused on Miracle Farms, the largest permaculture fruit orchard in Eastern North America, where he also raises fowl and sheep. | Stefan Sobkowiak is a synergist, permaculturist and irrepressible optimist – a man outstanding in his field. Over the last 25 years he has spoken to more than 400 groups on the themes of edible gardening, gardening, landscape design, birds and permaculture. As a University sessional lecturer for 8 years Stefan has taught courses in Fruit production, Landscape plants and design and the Natural History of Vertebrates. He has a Master’s in landscape architecture from the University of Guelph and a Masters and Bachelors in wildlife biology and wildlife management respectively, from McGill University. Over the last 6 years he has focused on Miracle Farms, the largest permaculture fruit orchard in Eastern North America, where he also raises fowl and sheep. | ||
Marcin Jakubowski | Marcin Jakubowski - Trained as a fusion physicist, Marcin left academia right after finishing his Ph.D. to start a farm - in Missouri. For the last 7 years, he has been working on the Global Village Construction Set - a set of enabling tools and machines for a regenerative economy. Marcin is passionate about creating the Open Source Economy, and will be introducing the concept of the Open Source Nursery in this workshop. Miracle Orchard and Open Source Ecology are teaming up to facilitate the acquisition, propagation, and adaptation of biodiverse genetics for polycultural agriculture - to lower one of the main barriers to the replication of Miracle Orchards worldwide. | ||
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Stefan Sobkowiak is a synergist, permaculturist and irrepressible optimist – a man outstanding in his field. Over the last 25 years he has spoken to more than 400 groups on the themes of edible gardening, gardening, landscape design, birds and permaculture. As a University sessional lecturer for 8 years Stefan has taught courses in Fruit production, Landscape plants and design and the Natural History of Vertebrates. He has a Master’s in landscape architecture from the University of Guelph and a Masters and Bachelors in wildlife biology and wildlife management respectively, from McGill University. Over the last 6 years he has focused on Miracle Farms, the largest permaculture fruit orchard in Eastern North America, where he also raises fowl and sheep.
Marcin Jakubowski - Trained as a fusion physicist, Marcin left academia right after finishing his Ph.D. to start a farm - in Missouri. For the last 7 years, he has been working on the Global Village Construction Set - a set of enabling tools and machines for a regenerative economy. Marcin is passionate about creating the Open Source Economy, and will be introducing the concept of the Open Source Nursery in this workshop. Miracle Orchard and Open Source Ecology are teaming up to facilitate the acquisition, propagation, and adaptation of biodiverse genetics for polycultural agriculture - to lower one of the main barriers to the replication of Miracle Orchards worldwide.