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Garden Companion Newsletter Issue No. 17
______ 48 Years. 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://secure.growbiointensive.org/ ___________________________________________ ©2021 Ecology Action. All Rights Reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Ecology Action's Garden Companion
Editor and Art Director: Shannon Joyner
Contributors: John Jeavons, Matt Drewno, Carol Vesecky, Michael Foley and Word of Mouth Magazine,
John Beeby, Juan Manuel Martínez, EA Staff, and
and GROW BIOINTENSIVE® friends from around the world.
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