Born in Scotland, raised in France and now residing in Japan, Nick Sikorski has been running Permaculture Mochizuki Permaculture Research Farm and Demonstration Site since 2018. After studying Japanese culture at both under- and post-graduate levels at university in the UK, he worked for some fifteen years in the wine and spirits industry, moving between the UK and France, before deciding to change the course of his life in 2015. After taking an online PDC with Geoff Lawton he then attended a few courses at La Ferme du Bec Hellouin, France's foremost permaculture centre, and the enrolled in an organic market gardening course in the Sologne region of France.

Having acquired some basic practical experience and knowledge to complement his PDC, Nick moved to Japan in 2016. Determined to make a living from working with the land, he spent one year on an organic farm in the mountains of Nagano before setting up his own farm in late 2017.

As well as supplying no-till organic vegetables, herbs and wild plants to restaurants in the surrounding area and in Tokyo, Nick also sells at local markets and teaches a number of courses in no-till organic farming, ecological self-construction, herbalism and land stewardship, all from a permaculture perspective.

2018 Spring: Setting up My Own Farm(s)

2017 Spring: Becoming a Farming Apprentice in Nagano, Japan

2016 Autumn: Move to Japan

2016 Summer: La Ferme de Sainte Marthe

2015 Summer: La Ferme du Bec Hellouin

2015 Spring: Geoff Lawton's Online PDC