John Jeavons
Grow the Earth. Grow Biointensive.
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.
Cookstoves and Coppicing
With winter approaching, people in rural areas of the developed world are thinking about heating and cooking. And firewood. And stoves. Around the globe, in the developing world, it isn’t a seasonal thought – it’s a daily thought. “More than half of the world’s…
Cover Crops! Interplanting with Legumes
With summer drawing to a close, it’s time to start thinking about your winter garden, and that means cover crops! Here are some things to consider when planting your cover crops this year: Normally, a gardener or farmer planning a crop rotation (over time)…
Keeping the Harvest
John Keats famously called Autumn the “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” and I couldn’t agree with him more. Just when the summer seems like it will last forever, the turn of the seasons begins to make itself known in a subtle change of…