Mitchell's forest farming system offers an exceptional business investment opportunity whilst enhancing the environment:
Over the past 20 years, Jack Mitchell, with the assistance of his son Ron and a team of dedicated researchers and field workers, has developed and refined a 'Forest Farming System' for the commercial production of valuable native cabinet timber tree species. This system is based on a low maintenance and ecologically sustainable approach that "learns from and works with nature" to achieve economic outcomes.
This is the only system in practice that uses compatible associations of native trees in carefully designed naturalistic 'mixed species' plantings. With the 'Forest Farming System" natural ecosystems processes are fast-tracked and enhanced, and expensive ongoing inputs of irrigation, fertilizers and pesticides are virtually eliminated.
Forest farming differs from conventional commercial plantation in a number of aspects:
. Using predominantly native species in mixed plantations, not the creation of monocultures;
. There is very minimal supplementary irrigation other than natural rainfall;
. Minimal tillage - there is no ripping or cultivating prior to planting;
. No clearing of native forests - plantations are established on already cleared land
. If possible, creating linkages with wildlife habitats of native bush land
. No clear-felling - the use of various species with different characteristics ensures a planned sequential harvest.
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