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Ecology Action - The Garden Companion Newsletter 2012 Ecology Action is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and has been teaching people worldwide to better feed themselves while building the soil and conserving resources since 1971. Bountiful Gardens and Common Ground Center are projects of Ecology Action. This is the first edition of our quarterly e-newsletter and we hope you like it! Read it online at http://www.growbiointensive.org/Enewsletter ___________________________________________ Articles in this issue: A GROW BIOINTENSIVE Soil Research Project in Kenya Read the article at http://www.growbiointensive.org/Enewsletter/Kenya.html From the Pacific Rim: Biointensive on the Island of Yap Read the article at http://www.growbiointensive.org/Enewsletter/Yap.html The GROW BIOINTENSIVE Training Program in South Sudan Read the article at http://www.growbiointensive.org/Enewsletter/SouthSudan.html Biointensive Farming Taught at Elon University, Elon, NC Read the article at http://www.growbiointensive.org/Enewsletter/Elon.html Ecology Action's Garden Report from Willits, CA Read the article at http://www.growbiointensive.org/Enewsletter/GardenReport.html Salt Lake City Begins Food Production Assessment Read the article at http://www.growbiointensive.org/Enewsletter/Utah.html Common Ground Garden News from Palo Alto, CA Read the article at http://www.growbiointensive.org/Enewsletter/CommonGround.html About the 2-Month Summer Internship Read the article at http://www.growbiointensive.org/Enewsletter/Internship.html Interview with Lamine Diawara, Intern from Senegal Read the article at http://www.growbiointensive.org/Enewsletter/Lamine.html Garden Tip: Free the Beans! Read the article at http://www.growbiointensive.org/Enewsletter/GardenTip.html Recipe: Garlic Scape Pesto Read the article at http://www.growbiointensive.org/Enewsletter/Recipe.html Announcements: Next 3-Day Workshop: November 2-4, 2012, Certified GB Teachers, John Jeavons on Facebook, Ecology Action's 2013 Garden Calendar is here. Read more at http://www.growbiointensive.org/Enewsletter Lamine Diawara, an intern from Senegal, discusses life and GROW BIOINTENSIVE Garden Tip: Free the Beans! Click here to read more Click to read the news from the Common Ground Garden in Palo Alto, CA 2012 brought a bumper crop of interns to Ecology Action's 2-month Summer Internship Program. Click here to read about the interns, and their activities! Steve Moore writes about how Elon University's Environmental Studies Department is integrating Biointensive farming into its curriculum. Your Donations Keep Us Growing! A Quarterly Publication on the world of GROW BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable Mini-Farming The Gardener's Companion: Ecology Action's Online Newsletter Samuel Nderitu and John Beeby explore how GROW BIOINTENSIVE can improve soil fertility in Kenya From the Pacific Rim: Biointensive in Yap GB Training Program in South Sudan Salt Lake City Initiates Food Production Assessment Recipe for Garlic Scape Pesto Check us out on Facebook! Garden Report from Ecology Action Headquarters in Willits, CA Join us for the next GROW BIOINTENSIVE workshop: Nov. 2-4, 2012. Click here for more information Find Certified Biointensive Teachers John Jeavons is on Facebook, too! Ecology Action's 2013 Calendar is now available! Click for more Biointensive Events Click here to send an email to contact@growbiointensive.org
______ 41 Years. 143 Countries. Millions of people educated. Millions of garden beds created. Billions of pounds of fertile soil grown. ...and we're just getting started. Grow Hope. Grow Abundance. GROW BIOINTENSIVE! Please donate to keep our work growing at home and around the world! http://www.growbiointensive.org/giving ___________________________________________ Common Ground Organic Garden Center Common Ground in Palo Alto, CA is a project of Ecology action, and provides a wide selection of applied classes and events in sustainable living and organic gardening, seeds and plant starts, tools and garden supplies, a demonstration garden, and a community of fellow farmers and gardeners. If you are near Palo Alto, and are interested in sustainable living, please stop by and see us! http://www.commongroundinpaloalto.org ___________________________________________ Bountiful Gardens: Seeds, Tools and Books Online The new 8th edition of John Jeavons' classic Biointensive gardening handbook, How to Grow More Vegetables is available from Ecology Action's online store, Bountiful Gardens, along with organic seeds, quality tools and other books, articles and videos on sustainable living. http://www.bountifulgardens.org ___________________________________________ ©2012 Ecology Action. All Rights Reserved. --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.commongroundinpaloalto.org Click here to see a schedule of classes! Your Donations Keep Us Growing! www.bountifulgardens.org http://www.bountifulgardens.org Your Donations Keep Us Growing!