Posted on March 25, 2019
by John Jeavons
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Sustainability isn’t a new concept. For almost 50 years I have worked to create a form of agriculture that helps all people grow abundant nutritious food and fertile soil, in harmony with this beautiful earth. I know that I have been helped and… Continue Reading “Old Ways, New Farmers: How Native Wisdom Can Help Us Create a Better Future”
Category: about crops, arid climate, books, ethnobotany, farming/gardening, GROW THE EARTH, history, history of agriculture, interesting practices, medicinal plants, My favorite things, Native American, Native American practices, native plant, native plants, plants, sustainability, unusual techniquesTags: Akta Lakota, Daniel Moerman, ethnobotany, first people, Handbook of Indian Foods and Fibers of Arid America, hopi, Medicinal plants, Native American Medicinal Plants—An Ethnobotanical Dictionary:, Native peoples, north america, The Hopi Survival Kit, Thomas Mails, tribes
Posted on June 19, 2018
by John Jeavons
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Climate change has made the “treasure trove of the past a seedbed for a whole new generation of farmers and gardeners striving for agricultural sustainability.” With an emphasis on working the land in harmony with nature and producing more food through soil improvement and water management, this book is a gem and worth a read!
Category: Africa, arid climate, books, farming/gardening, GROW THE EARTH, history, history of agriculture, Spain, sustainability, sustainable practices, water conservation, water conservationTags: America, Ancient Agriculture, Gabriel Alonso De Hererra, history of sustainable farming, John Jeavons, Juan Estevan Arellano, Obra de Agricultura, Spain, Water Conservation
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