John Jeavons
Grow the Earth. Grow Biointensive. Grow Abundance.
Events
John Jeavons presents workshops, classes and lectures through the year on GROW BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable Mini-Farming.
Meet John Jeavons
John Jeavons is the Executive Director of the globally active non-profit Ecology Action, located in Willits, CA, and is a leader in the field of Biointensive agriculture.
News and Links
Links to pages of interest, including Ecology Action, biointensive resources, and news, articles, and podcasts.
Foraged Flavor: Finding Our Culinary Roots in Wild Food
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that everything we buy or grow to eat now was once a wild species. Our ancestors have done the bulk of the work identifying and domesticating the foods we now take for granted in our gardens and stores. But…
The Book of Barley
In 1981, while Ecology Action was preparing to relocate its GROW BIOINTENSIVE farming program to from Palo Alto to Willits, CA in 1982, I received a letter from Lorenz Schaller, an amazing grainsman, noting that the Kusa Seed Society—”a voice for the precious edible…
“What I Stand On”: Sustainable Inspiration from Wendell Berry
According to Wikipedia, Wendell Erdman Berry (born August 5, 1934) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. He is an elected member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, a recipient of The National Humanities Medal, and the Jefferson Lecturer for 2012. He is also a 2013 Fellow…