Organic Gardening
Biodynamic Farming :: Anthroposophy

Biointensive Agriculture in Russia and Uzbekistan - Winrock International press release on program for volunteers, one of whom coordinated translation, typesetting, and publication of John Jeavons 'How to Grow More Vegetables ...' into Russian.

Biointensive for Russia - People-to-people environmental gardening project supported by Ecology Action and USAID. Works via Russian-language publications and seminars hosted by ecology groups and agricultural colleges in former Soviet Union.
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404 Biointensive Mini-Agriculture - Bagelhole.org article on biointensive issues: much information, many references. Author teaches this topic.

Bountiful Gardens - Biointensive supplies, seeds, garden tools, books, pamphlets, videos; Bountiful Gardens and Ecology Action workshops; sells all biointensive and Grow Biointensive products.
Meta Description: [ Heirloom, untreated, open-pollinated seeds, supplies, books, and Grow Biointensive publications for sustainable gardening. ]

Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems - On campus of University of California, Santa Cruz; research, education, public service program to raise ecological sustainability and social justice in food and agriculture system. Runs 2-acre Alan Chadwick Garden, and 25-acre Farm. Both sites managed with organic methods; are research, teaching, training facilities for students, staff, faculty.

Ecology Action - Leading organization researching and promoting biointensive gardening and mini-farming, and its relation to soil, conserving soil and resources, sustainability; definitions, tours, workshops, conferences, books, brief case histories.
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500 Environmental Conference Proposes Steps as a Global Crisis over Access to Food Worsens - Press release showing problems and solutions. [Care Newsroom]

Film: Circle of Plenty - Award winning educational film showing John Jeavons demonstrating biointensive methods as a way to alleviate world hunger: 1987, 28 minutes, color, grade level 7+. Sold by Bullfrog Films. Study guide available.
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Film: Garden Song - Award winning educational film portrait of Alan Chadwick, inventor of Biodynamic French Intensive Method of gardening: 1980, 28 minutes, color, grade level 7+. Sold by Bullfrog Films.
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Grow Biointensive Workshops with John Jeavons - Learn with the leading promoter of biointensive methods, a wealth of information on this most efficient culture method, over 28 years of research, now used in over 100 countries. Author of the most influential book on this topic: 'How To Grow More Vegetables ...'.
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How to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine - By John Jeavons. This is the classic work in the field of Biointensive culture, now in its fifth edition, printed in seven languages. The long title only serves to whet one's appetite. [Amazon.com]
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Light Writings: John Jeavons - Page on Ecology Action and Biointensive Sustainable Mini-Farming, part of Seed Balls website; brief informative descriptions, pictures.

Minifarms Network - Ken Hargesheimer teaches organic, biointensive, raised bed and market gardening, mini-farming and -ranching worldwide: articles, periodicals, books, programs, links; suggested applications, marketing, tools, and methods.

The Sustainable Vegetable Garden: A Backyard Guide to Healthy Soil and Higher Yields - By John Jeavons, Carol Cox. Simpler book written for gardeners trying biointensive gardening for the first time. Focus: soil, and good ways to ensure sustainable fertility. [Amazon.com]
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Winrock Volunteer Report: Biointensive Farming in Russia - Project by Winrock International, founded by former Arkansas governor Winthrop Rockefeller to raise agricultural productivity and rural employment while protecting the environment.

Winrock Volunteer Report: Biointensive Farming in Uzbekistan - Winrock International project.