Ecology Action, Willits CA

We’re in the second half of summer. Sunflowers, chiles, dahlias and tomatoes.

Nothing lasts forever.

Our summer newsletter is here! Read GROW BIOINTENSIVE®️news from around the world and our own back yard 💗 https://growbiointensive.org/Enewsletter/

In East Africa, the digging of choice and tradition is the Jembe Hoe. This is a demonstration put on by one of our partners, Sustainable Agro-ecological Development Action (SADA), in Kenya. SADA provides onsite training for smallholder farmers and youth groups.

An amaranth rainbow at the Heart Beet Mini-Farm on the Mendocino coast. Give them a follow, and check out their programming if you’re local to Mendocino. They’ve got a lot of cool things happening over there.

Heart Beet Mini-Farm is Ecology Action’s research and demonstration project on the Mendocino Coast. Located at the Stanford Inn just south of the village of Mendocino, HBMF is led by husband-and-wife team Matthew and Lama Nasser-Gammett, and is always hosting events open to the public. Follow heart_beet_mini_farm for more information about their farm and upcoming learning opportunities!

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Sunset over the Common Grounds garden at the Jeavons Center in the mountains above Willits.

Mendocino County, California.

Where’s “home” to you?

A GROW BIOINTENSIVE®️ compost-making class put on by our partners in Kaviwale Provence in Malawi. When people learn how to farm without needing to pay for inputs, their whole economic outlook changes. When they learn how to increase yields while using less water, their whole nutritional situation improves.

Garden of Hope is a GROW BIOINTENSIVE®️ project based out of Taita-Taveta County, in coastal Kenya. Mlesh Mlegwa (far right) is the founder and director. Mlesh was an Ecology Action intern in 2016 and founded Garden of Hope immediately upon returning home to Kenya.

Ecology Action partners with programs all over the world to spread the method to farmers who need it most and we are grateful for all of them.