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Our mission is to train people worldwide
to better feed
themselves while conserving resources.
What do we do?
Since 1972 we and our colleagues have been researching and developing
GROW BIOINTENSIVE®, a high-yielding, sustainable agricultural
system that emphasizes local food production and is based on historically
intensive gardening systems.
How do we spread the system?
Education and training are the keys. Publications based on our research
are disseminated globally. We give trainings in the GROW BIOINTENSIVE
method all the way from the basic level up to the training of trainers.
Our publications and trainings have inspired demonstration and teaching
projects in Mexico, Kenya, Argentina, Ecuador, Russia and Uzbekistan,
with other trainers in place in the U.S. and around the world. As
a result, millions of people have learned new ways and have been
taught to grow a nourishing diet for themselves while protecting
the Earth’s fragile resources.
How do we influence the world as a small organization?
We equip individuals and organizations with the information, skills
and inspiration that enable them to take the next step. We remain
the core of this expanding global network, finding ways to make
crops grow well in non-optimal soil and climatic conditions at our
Research Mini-Farm/Garden, providing technical expertise, acting
as an information bank, maintaining quality assurance of the GROW
BIOINTENSIVE system, and catalyzing new projects as opportunities
arise.
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