Richard perkins, Co-Owner, director & Lead Designer
Richard is an innovative farmer, internationally regarded teacher and influencer, and a Regenerative Agriculture expert. He is author of the internationally acclaimed manual Regenerative Agriculture and Making Small Farms Work. He has grown food since his teenage years, and is recognised as a leader in the field.
He has worked professionally in every major climate zone across several continents consulting to projects, farms and industry, and is known for his pragmatic no-nonsense approach to profitable system design.
Richard has also led over 50 solo Permaculture Design Course's (with a focus on agricultural production) as well as countless other specialist courses, practicums and seminars. Richard's project work includes design and site visits on over 250 varied projects in various climatic zones as well as contributing to over 1000 course participants’ site plans. Richard has had the honour to run the first internationally accredited regenerative agriculture training programs in Dominican Republic, Poland and Luxembourg; introduced concepts of Regenerative Agriculture in Poland, Belarus, Croatia, Latvia, Denmark and Finland as well as pioneered Keyline Design and aspects of Regenerative Agriculture in cold-climate Sweden.
As an influencer, Richard’s Youtube channel has a highly focused following, and his approach to No-Dig (no till) market gardening and pastured poultry production has been emulated by thousands of people in all corners of the globe.
Richard also holds a Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design (UK), HND Organic Crop Production (UK) and has studied extensively in the fields of Keyline Design, Managing Holistically, Ecology and Anthropology. After leaving Organic Crop Production studies at Agricultural College in 1999 with more questions than answers, Richard began studying Permaculture and other ecological design systems alongside bio-construction in various vernaculars’. Now focused primarily on helping others with Regenerative Agricultural design work, Richard has worked on very varied design and implementation projects from CSA production to whole-farm planning; agroforestry to water catchment and irrigation systems; regenerative business design to Keyline planning, Holistic planned grazing/ decision making/ financial planning to community building work.
Known for his dynamic teaching, down-to-earth pragmatism, efficient project management and organisational skills, he is now primarily focused at his home Ridgedale Farm AB in Värmland, Sweden. Richard is the CEO of Ridgedale Farm AB, Making Small Farms Work AB.
He has worked professionally in every major climate zone across several continents consulting to projects, farms and industry, and is known for his pragmatic no-nonsense approach to profitable system design.
Richard has also led over 50 solo Permaculture Design Course's (with a focus on agricultural production) as well as countless other specialist courses, practicums and seminars. Richard's project work includes design and site visits on over 250 varied projects in various climatic zones as well as contributing to over 1000 course participants’ site plans. Richard has had the honour to run the first internationally accredited regenerative agriculture training programs in Dominican Republic, Poland and Luxembourg; introduced concepts of Regenerative Agriculture in Poland, Belarus, Croatia, Latvia, Denmark and Finland as well as pioneered Keyline Design and aspects of Regenerative Agriculture in cold-climate Sweden.
As an influencer, Richard’s Youtube channel has a highly focused following, and his approach to No-Dig (no till) market gardening and pastured poultry production has been emulated by thousands of people in all corners of the globe.
Richard also holds a Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design (UK), HND Organic Crop Production (UK) and has studied extensively in the fields of Keyline Design, Managing Holistically, Ecology and Anthropology. After leaving Organic Crop Production studies at Agricultural College in 1999 with more questions than answers, Richard began studying Permaculture and other ecological design systems alongside bio-construction in various vernaculars’. Now focused primarily on helping others with Regenerative Agricultural design work, Richard has worked on very varied design and implementation projects from CSA production to whole-farm planning; agroforestry to water catchment and irrigation systems; regenerative business design to Keyline planning, Holistic planned grazing/ decision making/ financial planning to community building work.
Known for his dynamic teaching, down-to-earth pragmatism, efficient project management and organisational skills, he is now primarily focused at his home Ridgedale Farm AB in Värmland, Sweden. Richard is the CEO of Ridgedale Farm AB, Making Small Farms Work AB.
yohanna amselem, co-owner and Director
Yohanna's passion and search for beneficial holistic solutions has led her studies to stretch broadly into the fields of ecology, gardening, Permaculture, medicine, massage, nutrition and care for people with special needs. Yohanna has a degree in Gardening specialized in Health and Design from the Swedish University of Gävle and has specialized towards perennial polycultures for extensive cropping. She also researches the historic and modern uses of wild Swedish indigenous plants as food and medicine. The last four years Yohanna has been a prominent figure in the pioneering eco-village initiatives happening around the commune of Gnesta, south of Stockholm and has valuable experience building community relating to social organization and economy. Yohanna was a key initiator and manager in the establishment of Gnesta Lanthandel, a cooperatively owned and managed local organic/ beyond organic food outlet in downtown Gnesta which also serves as a networking platform. Her tight accounting and planning serve as a solid and reliable foundation for the business. Yohanna is also a masterful chef, and has single-handedly catered the best food we have ever had on any of our trainings, surpassing even professional catering crews with her approach to wholesome, balanced and delightful dishes.