Shams Permaculture Farm

Shams is a permaculture community and a group of conscious organic farmers in Mazraat.

The land on which the Shams farmers now grow their organic products is 14,000 m with an elevation of 1,400 m. When they first found the farmland, it had been designed and cultivated in a very conventional way; with diverse kinds of apple trees, peach trees, grape vines, and wild plants like thyme and elderberry.

The young farmers are working on altering the pattern of the agricultural outline in a way that suits their permaculture farming principles. They are also growing organic tomatoes, kale, corn, pumpkins, and other produce with absolutely no incorporation of chemicals or pesticides with the crops.

The food they grow is later used in the making of various products, some of which are apple cider vinegar, sugar-free apple, peach and tomato jams, and sun-dried tomatoes, as George describes to me. The goods they make are all for the well-being of our bodies, as opposed to the garbage we normally eat in fast food chains.