Ryan Sandford-Blackburn

Ryan Sandford-Blackburn is Strategic Communications Coordinator at Permaculture Association, where he works to promote the great work of permaculture practitioners and activists in Britain and around the world.

Medicinal Forest Garden review

The Medicinal Forest Garden Handbook – book review

I so often tell others that the reason I grow food is because I love eating. But let us not lost sight of the fact that ‘food is medicine and medicine is food’. We can brings plants together and manage them in a forest garden, to provide for ourselves, our families, communities and customers.

June 11, 2020

permaculture convergence

What is a Permaculture Convergence?

A conference, convention, gathering of grand wizards. Just some of the things I’ve heard a convergence mistakenly called over the years. If you’ve never been to one then you’re missing out – but missing out on what!? What is a convergence?

April 12, 2019

Insects are Disappearing. Why Should We Care? What Can be Done?

The sudden loss is a sign of ecosystem health, or should that be illness? A warning sign. So, why should we care? Plain and simply, as far as we know, this planet is the grand sum of life in the universe. We have a duty to cherish and nurture it.

April 10, 2018