Jerome is the founder and director of the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute in Basalt, CO (7000’). His half-acre demonstration site began as a successful commercial market garden operation. It has evolved into a series of greenhouses and a permanent forest garden, characterized by a complex integration of perennial edibles, fruit and nitrogen fixing trees, medicinal herbs, and annual vegetables.
Michael is an architect in Basalt, Co. He designs passive and active solar single and multi-family residences, as well as greenhouses in the Rocky Mountains. Michael also works with Jerome on the Heritage Fruit Tree Preservation Project in the Roaring Fork Valley of western Colorado. He is a lifelong gardener and an activist in the development of local agriculture.
Mark lives in Burlington, Vermont. He has been involved with Permaculture design for nearly a decade. Professionally, he works as a Keyline and Permaculture designer, furniture maker, natural builder (plastering, cob and straw bale construction), educator and stonemason. He owns and operates Keyline Vermont LLC, focused on consulting and design for North American farms and international development projects. His woodworking and craft business is called RivenWoodCrafts.
