Hi my name Bob Durfee and I have taken the PDC and was reccomended by my mentor & instructor to teach so I took the offer seriously. This is a quick story as to why I decided to get involved in permaculture and decicided to grow a food forest.
In 2015 my health, yard, and home had been neglected for so many years and all these areas of my life were in a severe decline. My weight was so out of control that I had to quit my job and find a less active job because of my inability to move around and my knees were in a lot of pain due to over exertion. I was not very happy and I was forced to make some difficult changes in my life or die. In the process of this change I have lost over 200 lbs and I have become active enough to make improvements in our yard and our home.
I have always believed that God has given us everything that we need to survive and that natural healing is best. I want to maintain healthy eating with nutrient dense food and I think the permaculture way of living and is the best option that I have found. I am all in.
Our demonstration site is in the begining stages and I would love to share what I have learned about Permaculture and food forests with as many people as possible. I was approached by the instructor of the PDC that I was taking to consider teaching because of my ability to internelise the concepts and my willingness to help the other students in class with their designes.