The New Economy

Item Description

This is a three-day Grow Biointensive workshop taught by John Jeavons and his staff in Willits, California, on March 1-3, 2013 & November 1-3, 2013.

"We have dedicated our research to rediscovering the scientific principles that underlie millennia-old traditional farming systems," says Jeavons. "These have guided us to the eight essential aspects that are the foundation of Grow Biointensive":

Double-Dug, Raised Beds 
Composting 
Intensive Planting 
Companion Planting 
Carbon Farming 
Calorie Farming 
The Use of Open-Pollinated Seeds 
A Whole-System Farming Method

Grow Biointensive mini-farming techniques make it possible to grow food using:

67% to 88% less water 
50% to 100% less fertilizer 
99% less energy and a fraction of the resources

These techniques can:

Produce 2 to 6 times more food 
Build the soil up to 60 times faster than in nature, if properly used 
Reduce by half or more the amount of land needed."

Find out more: growbiointensive.org

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