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 March 13, 2019
by John Jeavons
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In the 1980s, Ron Whitehurst of ACRES U.S.A. wrote: “Central Florida is being mined down sea level for phosphate clay; and spiraling natural gas prices are making synthetic nitrogen fertilizer exorbitantly priced. Even using all the solid and liquid wastes from the cities, there… Continue Reading “Feed the Soil”
Category: about crops, Biointensive, books, compost, compost crops, cover crops, farming/gardening, green manure, GROW THE EARTH, legumes, nutrient cycling, plants, practical guides, soil, Soil Fertility, sustainability, sustainable practicesTags: Biointensive, cover crops, edwin mcleod, feed the soil, gardening, green manure, kusa, legumes, Lorenz Schaller, nitrogen fixers, nutrient cycling, soil, soil fertility
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