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yeah I have noticed this too. I chalk it up to economics, as in its not designed to produce monetary wealth, but also, you need more than tomatoes and eggs to live. Not much more, but a little.

The more I got into it the more I grew uncomfortable with the environmental destructiveness of my day job. If others are similar, they may have found teaching to be one of the few things they could still do for money with a straight face.

its *supposed* to be a more productive system, so I wonder why that isn't enough?

Most of the permaculture things I see are really small scale though, so maybe that's the inefficiency?

more productive in gross ecological terms (including lifeforms which you don't harvest) but still less profitable all things considered (e.g. wages, land rent, etc)

I've not seen anyone making the claim it's more profitable. Since it is less profitable, not surprised about the proliferation of courses... When The Collapse comes, the faithful will have done their PDC

there is some aging (~2015) studies from the public French research institute of agriculture (INRIA) which shows a better productivity for 1000m2. keyword is "Bec Hellouin" (the name of the farm studied) https://hal.science/hal-01548676