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Calendar | Tours | Workshops | Other Important Events

CALENDAR OF TOURS AND WORKSHOPS: 2009 - 2010

Dates in bold are events at the Willits Mini-Farm in California.

Tours are in green.

Workshops are in dark green.  

Underlined Dates are in Mexico.

*Prerequisites for teachers workshops are completion of an introductory 3-Day Workshop and an active practice of GROW BIOINTENSIVE techniques. The application deadline is April 15.  Please write for further details.

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TOURS

Our Willits site is a working Research Mini-Farm, and our busy staff is not able to accommodate drop-in visitors. The site is open to the public only on scheduled dates.

There will be four 5- to 6-hour Ecology Action Research Mini-Farm/Garden Tours on May 22, June 5, June 19, and August 7, 2010. These tours give a good introduction to GROW BIOINTENSIVE® sustainable mini-farming, what our practical research site is accomplishing, and how our sustainable method relates to world agriculture. 

Tours  include participant introductions; a discussion of the overall world challenges that humankind faces in the areas of soil, food, and nutrition;  an exploration of the connection between thinking globally and acting locally; a tour of the garden and discussion of several crops in particular; and 30-minute mini-classes on double-digging, composting, seed propagation, sustainable home garden crops, and  cooking with solar ovens given by staff, apprentices and interns.

The May 22 and June 5 tours begin at 10 AM and end at approximately 4 PM. The June 19 and August 7 tours begin at 9 AM and end at approximately 3 PM.  Children not involved in the tour often find the event difficult, so please check if you want to bring them, and please do not bring pets to the tour. 

The registration fee is $25 per person. It is $15 for members or those who join at registration or make a $20 or more donation with registration. Tour fees are not tax-deductible . Please pre-register as soon as possible (2 months ahead is best); space is limited.  

To register for a tour, click here to open our secure online registration and payment form.

Special tours may sometimes be arranged for groups of 20 or more persons having a strong interest in GROW BIOINTENSIVE  sustainable mini-farming.  Write for details and describe your interests.   Generally the Willits site is not open for visits from October 1 through May 15.

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WORKSHOPS

• Two 3-Day GROW BIOINTENSIVE^SM Sustainable Mini-Farming Workshops will be held in Willits, California, in 2010, on March 5-7 and November 5-7. They will be given by John Jeavons and Ecology Action staff, apprentices and interns with an afternoon of  demonstrations.
  
  Cost for these 3-day Workshops:  $375 – $425  per person depending on the time of registration, plus approximately $75 for publications. Lunches and a networking dinner are included, but lodging and other meals are not. These are good opportunities to be exposed to over thirty-eight years of  GROW BIOINTENSIVE work in just a few days. Send a large self-addressed envelope with 61 cents postage for complete details and registration form, or complete our online Registration Form.
  
  For more information about the 3-Day Workshops, including registration instructions, online registration form, topics, presenters, and required reading, and downloadable information packets, click here.
  
  
  
• One 5-Day GROW BIOINTENSIVE^SM Sustainable Mini-Farming Basic-Level Teacher
  Certification Workshop will be held in Willits, CA on July 19-23, 2010. Prerequisites for
  attending a teachers workshop are completion of an introductory 3-Day Workshop and an active
  practice of GROW BIOINTENSIVE techniques. The application deadline is April 15.  Please write for further details.
  
  
• Two Biointensive Workshops in Spanish will be held in Veracruz state in Mexico on
  (tentatively, subject to funding) February 5-7 and December 3-5. The $500 fee includes food and lodging.
  Included are practical experience in solar energy, hydraulic ram, natural rainfall farming, sewage treatment with root nets, and a dry ecological toilet. Contact Ricardo Romero for more details at:
  bosquedeniebla [at] infosel.net.mx or fax him at 011-52-27-37-341577
  
  
• Four Biointensive Workshops in Spanish will be held in Xochitla, Mexico in 2010: two 1-Day
  Biointensive Workshops on June 26 and August 21st, and two 3-Day Biointensive Workshops on July 23-25 and October 13-15. For more information, contact Mateo Gonzalez: mgonzalez [at] xochitla.org.mx
  
  
• The Latin American Dual Workshops will be held at Xochitla Ecological Reserve near Mexico City
  (tentative, subject to funding) on May 3-5 and May 6-8, 2010. For more information, click here.

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OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS

John Jeavons' GROW BIOINTENSIVE workshops and presentations in 2010

See http://www.johnjeavons.info for more information about these events

Common Ground in Palo Alto presents the following classses and events in 2010

See http://www.commongroundinpaloalto.org/
for complete descriptions and registration information for these events

(Please note: the following classes are administered by Common Ground in Palo Alto,
not Ecology Action. Please refer all questions about these events to Common Ground. Thanks!)

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