A_013 - Regarding current intensive farming techniques for fruit production, I wanted to share a few considerations. Currently, intensive farming involves the use of tractors and harvest wagons, along with annual pruning. This allows for the creation of orchards that, however, have a limited lifespan: after about 20 years, all the trees (which have ceased to be productive) must be cut down, uprooted, the orchards dismantled, the fields re-plowed, the orchards (with poles and cables) replanted, and the new trees replanted. This involves a significant amount of work. Furthermore, the new orchards will not be productive for at least 6-7 years. Furthermore, this type of agriculture essentially requires the practice of beekeeping to promote tree pollination, as if the hives were attached to the trees, they would be destroyed at the end of the orchard's lifespan, making management much more complicated. In India, there are ancient fruit trees (mango trees) several hundred years old that produce fruit continuously, without dying. It's easy to imagine that the lack of downtime in production and the continued growth of these trees lead to a substantially higher volume of fruit, which is also extremely flavorful. Since these trees don't die, they could also allow the use of natural beehives, attached to the trees themselves. The real challenge, however, is harvesting: currently, our current technologies don't allow us to pick fruit from the highest branches or from trees that are typically very large. This may be true for mango trees, but it's also true for cherry trees: the problem remains the same. This doesn't mean that the presence of better technologies won't allow us to use these "permanent systems" for fruit production in ways similar to those of food forests.