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My name is Stefan, I have been in Costa Rica for about 3 years..
..and I am specializing in permaculture and off grid living
...my decision for Costa Rica has several reasons...I looked for a location, which..
..has a good strategic location..
...strategic means that permaculture is possible all year long..
..the possibility of having all year supply and cultivation possibilities
...no energy costs or costs on a very low level..
..because heating costs do not exist..
..So there is no need for central heating or something like that..
These were the main reasons for Costa Rica...
..And because a lot of people here are still very original or close to the roots..
And people are still very used to certain farming techniques..
..As we found the fermate project closed a gap here..
..the gap we found is, that there was nobody who could provide us with sufficient information regarding...
..like for example..water quality..like for example in which elevation can I cultivate which plant..
..like for example how is the soil quality..
..where could I do a water analysis..
...what do I have to consider when building, when buying the property...
...and based on those information providing the right land or farms...
Nowadays it is like yes I look for some land, but don't know exactly what I looking for and mostly when coming to Costa Rica people realize what they do not want and not what they want
..but very few make a needs analysis thinking of what they really need and receiving further information on that information
..asking the questions, what do you expect from the land, what do you actually need, what do you want to do with the land..
..How do you imagine your off grid living or off grid supply..
..And than based on all the answered questions and the needs analysis finding the right piece of land with needed characteristicsfor the off grid project..
For example if someone would like to live close to the beach, but wants to cultivate potatoes..
..this is not possible or only with a huge amount of waste in energy..which has nothing to do with permaculture..
..Permaculture means to achieve in a sustainable way the best possible harvest with the least input possible..
..this is permaculture
Of course you can do it with greenhouses and air-drying techniques..but..
..in this case we don't have to discuss about tastes and if the potato still tastes like a potato..this is completely different..