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Garden Companion Newsletter Issue No. 30
______ 52Years. 152 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! https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/ecologyaction ___________________________________________ ©2023 Ecology Action. All Rights Reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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Writer/Editor and Art Director: Shannon Joyner
ContributorsJohn Jeavons, Matt Drewno, Jake Ellsworth, Janét Moore, John Beeby, Suraya David-Sadira,
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