Permaculture Farmer Konstantin Yanev in Bulgaria - Web Video

Konstantin Yanev, the owner of a permaculture vegetable farm in the village of Oreshak, Bulgaria, opened his farm gates to share his experience as a pioneer of ecological farming.

Konstantin admits that when he first started his garden, the farming practices he applied were conventional, not ecological. The more he learned however about the different interactions and processes that occur in the ecosystem, the more he started considering what other cultivation methods were available that did not deplete the natural environment but actually supported and restored it.

The ecological gardens in Oreshak now represent a good example of what biodiversity and balance on a farm look like. The variety of crops and their cultivars is astonishing: there are 50 different varieties of tomato and 15 different varieties of basil; and those are just a few of the examples, as the farm maintains its own seed bank.