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I thought the term "forest" used in the permaculture sense refers to the inclusion of layers together (in the same space) rather than separate strata like an orchard. Not an actual forest. People like to label things; in one or two words what would you describe your system that is closer to the actual definition?

The people managing it like a hands-off forest, like you say, are doing it wrong.

Syntropic Agriculture with final plan of reaching a forest that is partially food and timber productive as a finished product can probably take that "food forest" crown since they are producing all the way to maturity and forest climax, albeit different crops all the way through.