Category: sustainability
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 March 25, 2021
by John Jeavons
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I wanted to keep you in the loop about Ecology Action’s upcoming workshop, and hope you will share this message with friends, family, and like-minded gardeners who could benefit from learning the GB method: We are excited to announce our annual Fall 3-Day GB… Continue Reading “Join me for a 3-Saturdays Workshop!”
Category: Biointensive, Ecology Action, events, Get Involved!, GROW THE EARTH, My favorite things, sustainability, sustainable practices, workshopsTags: Ecology Action, Events, featured, GROW BIOINTENSIVE, John Jeavons, Workshop
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 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 28, 2019
by John Jeavons
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A healthy, productive agriculture relies on LIVING SOIL – truly the most important resource in the world. We live in a time of when healthy, living, farmable soil—as well as farming nutrients in organic and synthetic fertilizer form, fresh water, and energy—are all diminishing in… Continue Reading “Back to Our Roots: How Learning from Prehistoric Agriculture Can Help Grow the Future”
Category: about farming, books, ethnobotany, Europe, farming/gardening, GROW THE EARTH, historical use, history, history of agriculture, interesting practices, Native American, North America, philosophy, South America, sustainability, sustainable practicesTags: agriculture, animals, civilization, domestication, farming, plants, prehistoric, sustainability
Posted on August 27, 2019
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5th Soil Not Oil International Conference San Francisco, California Breakout Presentations September 9th Morning Sessions John Jeavons will provide a presentation: Small-Scale Biointensive Farming and Carbon Sequestration: Growing Food and Soil for the Future, NOW at the Masonic Hall 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM .… Continue Reading “John Jeavons at the 5th Soil Not Oil International Conference”
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
Posted on May 28, 2019
by John Jeavons
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Or: How to feed an extra person and still save over 5,000 gallons per year. It may be a little late in the season for this post (at least in this hemisphere), but we just had a series of storms that would feel right… Continue Reading “Save Water! Use Seedling Flats!”
Category: Biointensive, farming/gardening, GROW THE EARTH, my writing, plant health, plants, pricking out/transplanting, roots and vigor, seedling flats, sustainability, sustainable practices, Transplanting, water conservation, water conservationTags: Biointensive, seedling flats, sustainable, transplanting, Water Conservation
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