Vegan Permaculture and Vegan Gardening
List of worldwide organisations, groups, online resources, books etc.
A WORK IN PROGRESS – WILL ADD TO, AND EDIT, OFTEN
The resources following are mostly plant based but not always specifically FOR vegans and can be used by many people of various lifestyles and diets. If you are not vegan but want a holistic system without the work of caring for domestic animals these will, in most cases, be fully or partially applicable to you also. Especially the plant/gardening/farming specific sites which are often applicable to everyone interested in Permaculture, forest gardening or home gardening. I haven’t read all these books or fully explored all these sites but have collected them into a list as I explore them. Any specific resource may or may not be totally applicable to your specific location/situation.
Organisations/Networks/Websites with lots of Information and links
Vegan Organic Network (VON) https://veganorganic.net/
Vegan Agriculture Network https://www.goveganic.net/
Plants for a future database https://pfaf.org/user/Default.aspx
Biocyclic vegan agriculture https://www.biocyclic-vegan.org/
Spiralseed https://spiralseed.co.uk/
Stockfree farming https://stockfreefarming.org/
Veganic World https://veganic.world/
Facebook groups
Vegan Permaculture Australia https://www.facebook.com/groups/1558429694429955/
The Australian Vegan Gardener https://www.facebook.com/groups/1585111441728788
Vegan Permaculture https://www.facebook.com/groups/422439257910790
Vegan Organic Network https://www.facebook.com/groups/37922658416
Vegan Gardening https://www.facebook.com/groups/176862412339363
Veganic Permaculture - Permaculture Gaia Network https://www.facebook.com/groups/1412167685743175
Vegan Forest Gardeners https://www.facebook.com/groups/317145845149766
Vegan Permaculture Preppers https://www.facebook.com/groups/2600173650065672
Veganiculture.org | Veganic | Vegan / Organic / Agriculture / Permaculture https://www.facebook.com/groups/veganiculture
Youtube channels
https://www.youtube.com/@GrowingGreenVideos
- Veganic Gardeners questions time - regular episodes with different panel members https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1jI6lLBot4
- Many other video’s including vegan farm tours – see below
Books (paper and e-books)
Growing Green (VON) https://veganorganic.net/product/growing-green/
JEAVONS, John. How to Grow More Vegetables (and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine.
Jimmy Videle The Veganic Growers handbook https://lanternpm.org/book/the-veganic-growers-handbook
O’BRIEN, Kenneth Dalziel. Veganic gardening – The Alternative System for Healthier Crops.
Will Bonsall’s Essential Guide to Radical, Self-Reliant Gardening - Innovative Techniques for Growing Vegetables, Grains, and Perennial Food Crops with Minimal Fossil Fuel and Animal Inputs
Forest Gardening in Practice by Tomas Remiarz https://spiralseed.co.uk/product/forest-gardening-practice-tomas-remiarz/
Robert Hart, Forest gardening
Graham Burnett, 2 x vegan permaculture books with some overlap
https://veganorganic.net/product/permaculture-a-beginners-guide/
https://veganorganic.net/product/the-vegan-book-of-permaculture/
https://spiralseed.co.uk/product/forest-gardening-a-beginners-guide/
Available from plants for a future https://pfaf.org/user/shop.aspx
Plants For A Future: Edible & Useful Plants For A Healthier World - Ken Fern
Plants for Your Food Forest: 500 Plants for Temperate Food Forests and Permaculture Gardens.
There are many more books on VON and VAN sites (see above).
Magazines
Growing Green magazine https://veganorganic.net/growing-green-international/
Permaculture and gardening courses and (online and overseas)
(might not work for you time zone wise)
Vegan Agriculture network https://learnveganic.com/
Graeme Burnett https://spiralseed.co.uk/
https://spiralseed.co.uk/introduction-to-permaculture/
https://spiralseed.co.uk/product/vegan-permaculture-design-certificate-online/
https://spiralseed.co.uk/forest-gardening-courses/
https://spiralseed.co.uk/design-4-action/
Vegan Organic Certification
North America https://certifiedveganic.org/?fbclid=IwAR1EsaasytKfdqEOF_ZIF-eBhjZdqSmGpfcHutsr7t4N1qnC0fBfe31PbAw
UK Stockfree Organic Standards
Biocyclic Standards
Vegan Farms and Individuals
There are many vegan farms to visit (not in Australia that I know of unfortunately), too many to list but many of the above websites list them, some have video’s, some do tours, some run courses, some take helpers/woofers.
Listed are a few examples that have videos:
Tree of Life farm, Agroforestry, UK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8tFAc2W61o
Tollhurst organic farm, UK - 19 acres – 140 tons of food a year with NO inputs- 20 year old vegan farm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6yzLKd3xXs
Rich Hardy -1 year old farm, rented -1 acre and in Cornwall, grows veg boxes for locals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvN_CxIna8M
Woodleaf farm, Helen Atthoe, no till, 211 acres, Oregon US https://veganicpermaculture.com/
Halstead farm, US https://veganic.world/halstead-farm/
There are many more videos of vegan organic farms on the above organisation links. Here is a list of lots of vegan farms in the US, Canada and Mexico https://goveganic.net/veganic-farm-map/
Rebuttals on the need to have animals in food producing systems.
https://veganic.world/liz-ross-a-veganic-gardener-speaks-on-agroecology/
And, of course, the existence of the many examples above.
Information that is not specifically vegan but may be useful for anyone with animal free systems.
Publications/Articles/Downloads/Books
Trees with edible leaves
Also by Perennial Agriculture Institute– “Perennial vegetables: A neglected resource for biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and nutrition.
Regenesis - George Monbiot (not vegan but critiquing animal farming