"John Jeavons is internationally known as the leading researcher, developer, teacher and consultant for small-scale food production techniques utilizing GROW BIOINTENSIVE culture. He is the author of the best-selling text How to Grow More Vegetables, Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible On Less Land Than You Can Imagine"
On Oct. 22 John Jeavons will be presenting a two hour public lecture at Lehman Auditorium at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He will be hosting a three day workshop in Dayton, Virginia (just south of Harrisonburg), on Oct. 23-25.
This is an excellent opportunity to hear someone who has made a difference as a catalyst for sustainable agriculture projects around the world. "John Jeavons' Three-Day Workshop in GROW BIOINTENSIVE® Sustainable Mini-Farming provides an in-depth study of a successful food growing system that is appropriate to a more self-reliant lifestyle, and for use in developing countries.
The Program
The program will consist of lecture, discussion and demonstration sessions, and will include a full range of information on Sustainability and Efficient Resource Use, Arid Region Farming Principles, Crops and Diet, Fertilization, Compost and Compost Crops, Soil Preparation and Preservation, Seed Propagation, and Income, as well as the perspective to tie all these together."
Links to the websites are below. The lecture on Oct 22 is free, the workshop cost $350 plus $30 if you register early and the cost of reading materials if you don't already have them http://www.johnjeavons.info/workshop-intro.html http://www.johnjeavons.info/pdf/5-october_wednesday_evening_event.pdf
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