Category: farming
Posted on May 24, 2021
by John Jeavons
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As you probably already know, the GROW BIOINTENSIVE (GB) Sustainable Mini-Farming method I developed with Ecology Action over the past 48 years of research and fieldwork is designed primarily to grow a complete diet, along with soil-building compost crops for sustainability. But it also… Continue Reading “Whole Farm Management: Growing A Sustainable Business”
Category: books, farming, GROW THE EARTH, market farming, practical guides, sustainability, sustainable practicesTags: Biointensive, book, business, featured, garry stephenson, how-to, market gardening, oregon state university, small farms program, sustainability, Whole Farm Management
Posted on February 10, 2021
by John Jeavons
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Have I mentioned that I think small farms are the best farms? Well, I’m not alone, and I have the perfect book to prove it. According to Josh Volk, author of Compact Farms: 15 Proven Plans for Market Farms on 5 Acres or Less… Continue Reading “Small is Beautiful: Compact Farms”
Category: books, farming, GROW THE EARTH, market farming, practical guidesTags: books, compact farms, farming, featured, garden planning, gardening, how-to, josh volk, market farming, marketing, small scale agriculture, storey publishing
Posted on November 25, 2020
by John Jeavons
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With winter setting in and visions of lush spring gardens already dancing in our heads, here is something to intrigue and inspire you or your favorite gardener: a book/DVD combination on how to grow 100+ perennial vegetables. From asparagus, rhubarb, and ramps to taro,… Continue Reading “Exotic Additions: Perennial Vegetables”
Category: about crops, books, crops, farming, farming/gardening, GROW THE EARTH, interesting practices, perennial, perennial plants, practical guides, vegetablesTags: chelsea green, crops, eric toensmeier, farming, gardening, how-to, John Jeavons, perennial plants, plants
Posted on September 24, 2020
by John Jeavons
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For years, scientists and practitioners of sustainable agriculture have been aware that our food chain is vulnerable. Soil depletion, resource scarcity, population growth, and the many and varied impacts of global climate disruption can and do impact our ability to grow and source food.… Continue Reading “Miraculous Abundance: 1/4 Acre, Two French Farmers, and Enough Food to Feed the World”
Category: books, farming, farming/gardening, GROW THE EARTH, inspiration, interesting practices, practical guides, sustainability, sustainable practicesTags: Biointensive, book, Ecology Action, eliot coleman, france, french farm, Herve-Gruyer, microfarm, miraculous abundance, permaculture, Perrine and Charles Herve-Gruyer, small farming, sustainable agriculture
Posted on February 7, 2020
by John Jeavons
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It’s winter here in the northern hemisphere, and farmers and gardeners everywhere are dreaming and planning about what to plant in the spring and summer! While all gardens have their challenges, those who grow food and flowers in warm and/or arid climates need a… Continue Reading “What to Read Now: Warm Climate Gardening”
Category: about farming, books, crops, farming, farming/gardening, fruits, GROW THE EARTH, interesting practices, plants, practical guides, sustainability, sustainable practices, unusual techniques, vegetables, warm climate, water conservation, water conservationTags: arid, Barbara Pleasant, book, dry, gardening, how-to, humid, warm climate, warm climate gardening
Posted on October 9, 2019
by John Jeavons
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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… Continue Reading “The Book of Barley”
Category: about crops, about farming, barley, books, compost crops, crops, ethnobotany, farming, farming/gardening, grain, grains, GROW THE EARTH, history, history of agriculture, plants, practical guides, varietiesTags: 60/30/10, Barley, book of barley, farming, grain, history, kusa seed society, Lorenz Schaller, Tsampa
Posted on September 26, 2019
by John Jeavons
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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… Continue Reading ““What I Stand On”: Sustainable Inspiration from Wendell Berry”
Category: books, farming, farming/gardening, GROW THE EARTH, history, inspiration, My favorite things, philosophy, soil, sustainabilityTags: farming, fertility, fertilizer, inspiration, Library of America, philosophy, soil, Soul of Soil, sustainability, sustainable, Wendell Berry, What I Stand On
Posted on August 1, 2019
by John Jeavons
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According to Wikipedia, human agriculture arose independently in at least eleven regions of the old and new world dating back to at least 20,000 BCE. Use of irrigation, crop rotation, and fertilizers began in the Neolithic age, but were greatly refined and expanded over… Continue Reading “Gardening Without Poisons: A Constructive Answer to the Pesticide Problem”
Category: beneficial, biodiversity, biological control, books, farming, farming/gardening, GROW THE EARTH, insects, interesting practices, pest control, practical guides, sustainability, sustainable practicesTags: beneficial, biological control, birds, breeding, disease, garden, gardening without poisons, insects, nontoxic, pest control, pesticide, traps
Posted on July 12, 2019
by John Jeavons
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I know that Summer just got here, but part of being a farmer is planning for the seasons ahead… With the sun at its apex for the year, the apples are hanging thick and green on the boughs and the bees are buzzing among… Continue Reading “Diversity is Delicious: Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden”
Category: about crops, about trees, biodiversity, books, farming, GROW THE EARTH, plants and seeds, practical guides, sustainabilityTags: agriculture, biodiversity, diversity, fruit, heirloom varieties, Lee Rich, shrubs, Timber Press, Trees, Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
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