Zach Loeks

Zach Loeks is an educator, designer and grower who specializes in Edible Ecosystem Design through landscaping and education. He consults widely with homes, farms, colleges, schools and municipalities across Canada and the United States, and through many biomes from Guatemala and South Africa to the Yukon and Mongolia. Zach manages an award-winning farm with diversified food forest products, heirloom garlic and a hardy tree nursery. His innovations have won three provincial awards and are featured in his first book: The Permaculture Market Garden. Zach is the director of the Ecosystem Solution Institute, which is dedicated to the education, propagation and inspiration of ecosystem solutions for land use transition. The Institute oversees pathbreaking education sites, including an edible botanical garden near Ottawa, Ontario and a suburban food forest in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Zach is passionate about how small actions—strategically linked—can make big change. His inspiring and empowering vision is presented in his latest book: The Edible Ecosystem Solution.