BioIntensive agriculture is a millenial old production technique that uses low tech methods for food production.
Over the last 35 years John Jeavons has developed these timeless techniques into a system that can be used to attain sustainable food production. He has developed a matrix of these demensions: calories for people and carbon for the soil in the smallest area possible using the least amount of resources. These developments are being called Grow BioIntensive to differentiate them from the older potentially unsustainable methods.
Grow BioIntensive is based on a balance of eight important elements
- Deep soil preparation, with Raised Beds
- Composting
- Intensive Planting
- Companion Planting
- Carbon Farming
- Calorie Farming
- Open Polinated Seeds
- Holistic Farming Method
GROW BIOINTENSIVE mini-farming techniques make it possible to grow food using:
67% to 88% less water
50% to 100% less fertilizer
99% less energy than commercial agriculture
These techniques can also:
Produce 2 to 6 times more food
Build the soil up to 60 times faster than in nature, if properly used
Reduce by half or more the amount of land needed.
More information on Grow BioIntensive can be found at Ecology Action and at John Jeavons |
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