Eric Toensmeier Shares How Your Backyard Could Feed You for Life!

Eric Toensmeier just dropped the ultimate permaculture game-changer: trees that grow endless edible leaves — and your backyard could literally feed you for life.In this powerful interview on the Permaculture Orchard Podcast, perennial crop legend Eric Toensmeier (author of Trees with Edible Leaves, The Carbon Farming Solution, Edible Forest Gardens, and more) reveals how to turn ordinary trees into a nonstop superfood factory.Discover:• Trees that taste like chicken soup (yes, really — Chinese Toon is mind-blowing)• The pollarding hack that gives you tender greens for months without buying spinach again• Mulberry leaves that are more nutritious than most store-bought vegetables• How perennial systems build carbon, boost biodiversity, and create climate-resilient food forests• Easy starter plants for any backyard orchard (mulberry is the MVP)• Why migrant communities already know these secrets — and how we can bring them backEric shares real-world stories from his work with urban farms, refugee gardens, and global agroforestry — plus practical tips you can use this season to grow more food with less work.If you’re tired of annual gardening struggles and want a low-maintenance, abundant, planet-healing system… this episode is for you. Resources from Eric:Free download of Trees with Edible Leaves (English, Spanish, French & more): https://perennialagriculture.instituteEric’s website & Perennial Solutions: https://perennialsolutions.org0:00 Welcome & Introduction to Eric Toensmeier2:20 Eric’s Impressive Background & Major Books6:45 Starting a Perennial Seed Company & Urban Farming11:30 Working with Immigrant & Refugee Communities (Nuestras Raices)17:10 Why Some Cultures Already Embrace Perennial Foods23:40 Trees with Edible Leaves – The Game Changer28:50 Chinese Toon: The Tree That Tastes Like Chicken Soup34:10 Pollarding Hack for Endless Tender Greens40:25 Mulberry Leaves – More Nutritious Than Store Vegetables47:10 Best Starter Trees & Plants for Backyard Food Forests54:30 How Perennials Build Carbon, Biodiversity & Resilience1:01:15 Real-World Stories from Urban Farms & Agroforestry1:09:40 Climate Solutions, Policy Work & Project Drawdown1:17:20 Final Thoughts & Hope for the Future of Perennial Systems_______________________________________** NEW ** Stefan's Master Class: https://permaculture.study (START FOR FREE)Want to VISIT the Permaculture Orchard? Start your VIRTUAL TOUR of the Permaculture Orchard for FREE at: https://miracle.farm/vt1/Want to LEARN how to setup your own Permaculture Orchard or Planting? Watch the FILM 'The Permaculture Orchard: Beyond Organic’ https://www.permacultureorchard.com_______________________________________=== SOCIAL MEDIA ===Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lesfermes.farmsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefansobkowiakLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-sobkowiak-91694442/X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/permaculorchardMy FRENCH YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-fKD72AtioxXV2C9oZf6ZQ