Biointensive Culture

1. The Sustainable Vegetable Garden: A Backyard Guide to Healthy Soil and Higher Yields  (site info) By John Jeavons, Carol Cox. Simpler book written for gardeners trying biointensive gardening for the first time. Focus: soil, and good ways to ensure sustainable fertility. [Amazon.com] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1580080162 2. How to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine  (site info) By John Jeavons. This is the classic work in the field of Biointensive culture, now in its fifth edition, printed in seven languages. The long title only serves to whet one's appetite. [Amazon.com] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1580082335 3. Biointensive Mini-Agriculture  (site info) Bagelhole.org article on biointensive issues: much information, many references. Author teaches this topic. http://www.bagelhole.org/article.php/Food/114/ 4. Bountiful Gardens  (site info) Biointensive supplies, seeds, garden tools, books, pamphlets, videos; Bountiful Gardens and Ecology Action workshops; sells all biointensive and Grow Biointensive products. http://www.bountifulgardens.org/ 5. Film: Circle of Plenty  (site info) Award winning educational film showing John Jeavons demonstrating biointensive methods as a way to alleviate world hunger: 1987, 28 minutes, color, grade level 7+. Sold by Bullfrog Films. Study guide available. http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/circle.html 1-5 of 17. Next »