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GROW BIOINTENSIVE^®
Sustainable Mini-Farming
Free Evening Presentation

New York, NY
6:30-8:30 p.m -- Location TBA
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Donations to support low-income gardens in the region

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John Jeavons gives the Keynote Address and a
for the Northwest Organic Farm Association's (NOFA/MA) Winter Conference:

Food and Our Future:  Exciting Solutions Through Biologically Intensive Gardening and —Growing Quality Food, Soil Fertility with Higher Yields and Lower Resource Consumption

In addition to the Keynote Address, John is offering a course consisting of three, 1 1/2-Hour Seminars on Designing and Planning Your Garden/Mini-Farm for the Future.  The course will enable participants to "Design from the Heart in 5 Minutes A Complete Diet Garden".  The three seminars are taken one-after-the-other on  Saturday January 14, 2012 at the 25th Annual NOFA/MASS Winter Conference.

Participants should plan on taking all three sessions.  

Learn how to easily choose the crops for yourself and your family for this year's garden—and to easily plan what to do each week for a productive and tasty harvest!

Session 1 — Compost and Calorie Crops (60% of Your Area):  These are Winter and Summer Grains and Other Crops that produce a large amount of compost material/food for the soil microbes while producing a significant number of calories for eating.                  Crops:  Wheat, Cereal Rye, Oats, Barley, Triticale, Corn, Sorghum, Amaranth, Quinoa, Pearl Millet, Fava Beans, Sunflowers, Filberts and Grapes for table, raisins and wine.

Session 2 — Special Root Crops (30% of Your Area):  These are Root Crops that produce a large amount of calories to eat—5 to 20 times per unit of area per unit of time. Crops:  Potatoes, Garlic, Parsnips, Leeks, Sweet Potatoes, Jerusalem Artichokes and Salsify.

Session 3 — Vegetable and Income Crops (10% of Your Area):  These are All the Other Vegetable Crops that enhance the diversity of your diet with flavor and additional vitamins and minerals—plus crops that produce a large amount of income from a small area.  Crops include:  For Vegetables:  Tomatoes, Lettuce, Onions, Sweet Corn, Watermelon, Cucumbers, Snap Beans,  Carrots, Cantaloupe.  For Income:  Salad Mix, Radishes, Lavender Wands, Early Bunching Onions, Garlic, and Basil.  

The Address and Seminars will be a part of the
NOFA-MA (Northeast Organic Farm Association - Massachusetts) Winter Conference
Worcester State University, Worcester, MA,
Saturday, January 14, 2012

See http://www.nofamass.org/conferences/winter/index.php for more prices, registration, directions and details.

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The Program

The program will consist of lecture, discussion and demonstration sessions, and will include a full range of information on Sustainability and Efficient Resource Use, Arid Region Farming Principles, Crops and Diet, Fertilization, Compost and Compost Crops, Soil Preparation and Preservation, Seed Propagation, and Income, as well as the perspective to tie all these together.

Demonstrations

One afternoon will be devoted to practical demonstrations, during which a few participants will be able to try their hand at double-digging, pricking out and/or transplanting.

Dates, Prices & Application Deadlines

Schedule

Just as GROW BIOINTENSIVE^® mini-farming functions as a whole system (rather than isolated techniques), this workshop constitutes a whole, with each section building on previous sections; it is therefore important to attend the entire workshop. Transportation should be scheduled so that participants can remain through 5 PM on Sunday.

In order to ensure that you leave the workshop with the fullest range and depth of information possible, we will assume that all participants have read the publications listed under Required Reading. If you do not already own the required publications, you can purchase a full or partial set by ordering them from the Bountiful Gardens website.

The Workshop Manual of lecture notes and key articles (included in the price of registration) will be handed out at the beginning of the workshop.

Cost

The cost of the Two-Day Workshop per person, including the Workshop Manual, is $300 (plus the required reading publications, if you do not already own them), if payment is received at least one month in advance; $350 if payment is received less than one month in advance. Participants will be responsible for providing all meals and lodging for this workshop. For food and lodging options, click here.

Scholarships

Participants interested in scholarships are encouraged to contact garden clubs, youth groups, churches, Rotary or Kiwanis clubs, etc., for sponsorship. There are also a limited number of partial scholarships for tuition available through this workshop directly. Please telephone us for details at the number listed below.

Application

Pre-registration and payment should be completed by July 11, 2012 for this workshop. However, participants are encouraged to apply as early as possible, as these workshops can fill well in advance. Registration should be completed online (see Registration and Fees, below), and will include a brief history of the applicant, a description of how he/she intends to use the information learned, and a paragraph or more on how he/she intends to be living and using the techniques 10 years from now.

In case of oversubscription, the staff will select later applicants on the basis of the impact their work is likely to have in the future; priority will be given to those with a goal of using GROW BIOINTENSIVE Mini-Farming practices in outreach and public service projects. Workshop fees will be returned to those not selected.

Cancellation Policy

1) If a person cancels his/her workshop registration at least two weeks prior to the first day of the workshop, $250 of the workshop fee ($300 minus $50 processing fee) will be refunded or applied to another John Jeavons workshop during the year that follows.

2) Cancellations that occur less than two weeks before the start of a workshop will result in the loss of the registration fee, or $250 of the fee may be applied to another equivalent workshop during the following year.

Additional Information

• Your understanding of the workshop will be enhanced if you already know the following information about your area, which your County Agricultural Agent should be able to help you find: elevation, first and last frost dates (if applicable), rainfall by month, monthly high and low temperatures. (You can find forms for this information in EA Booklet #26, available from Bountiful Gardens.) You are welcome to bring along photos of the project you are involved in, if you wish.
  
  
• For information about similar workshops, see Ecology Action Workshops
  
  
• We hope you'll join us! Tape recorders or video cameras are not permitted at the workshop. Please bring your own mug for hot beverages. Also, please bring along a calculator, pencil, sturdy shoes or boots with good tread and gloves. As the weather can be variable - cool in the morning/hot in the afternoon dusty/muddy, it is recommended that you dress in layers. Consider bringing your own water bottle and a mosquito repellant.
  
  
• Participants will be responsible for providing all meals and lodging for this workshop.
  For food and lodging options, click here.

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There is a GROW BIOINTENSIVE®
Sustainable Mini-Farming Two-Day Workshop scheduled for:

Elon, North Carolina
8 AM- 5PM, Elon University, Moseley Center, Room Number TBA
Saturday - Sunday August 11-12, 2012

For directions to Elon University, click here.

To contact the Moseley Center email moseleyfrontdesk@elon.edu or call (336)-278-7215

Download PDF of the workshop poster>>

To download the complete three-day information packet, which includes the detailed schedule and topics list as well as other information, click here.

NOTE: This event is in development - information may change.

The Workshop assumes pre-reading of How to Grow More Vegetables, Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible On Less Land Than You Can Imagine and/or The Sustainable Vegetable Garden—A Backyard Guide to Healthy Soil and Higher Yields.  The Workshop will be most useful to Participants if both have been read, preferably two weeks before the event.  

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Required Readings for the Workshop

The list below contains required reading for the 2-Day workshop, which you should do before you come to the Workshop, as well as other materials that you should bring with you.

You can order the full or partial set of these publications by visiting Bountiful Gardens.

(In addition to the reading below, there is a Workshop Manual of lecture notes
and key articles, which is included in the price of registration,
and is handed out at the beginning of the workshop.)

NOTE: This event is in development - information may change.

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Location/ Food / Lodging / Transportation / Recreation
information and suggestions for the 2-Day Workshop

Participants will be responsible for providing all meals and lodging for this workshop.

Location

Elon University, Elon, NC
The Moseley Center (room number TBA)
moseleyfrontdesk@elon.edu (336)-278-7215

For directions to Elon University, click here.

For a campus map, go to http://www.elon.edu/e-web/home/map.xhtml 

Lodging

For a list of suggested hotels near Elon University, see
http://www.elon.edu/e-web/admissions/hotels.xhtml

Kayak.com provides additional information for comparison.  Prices range from $45- $148 http://www.kayak.com/Burlington-Hotels.18957.hotel.ksp

Note:  Many of the lodging options are in the city of Burlington, NC which adjoins the little town of Elon.

Meals and Additional Activities

For a list of restaurants near Elon University, click here.
(additional dining options available on the visitor's bureau sites, below)

For additional activities in the region, check out the information provided by these sites:

Greensboro, NC Visitors Bureau

Raleigh, NC Visitor's Bureau

Durham, NC Visitor's Bureau

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2-Day Workshop Registration: A Four Step Process

1. Download and read the 2-Day Workshop Information Packet.
   
   
2. Complete the Online Workshop Application/Registration Form.
   
   
3. Pay for workshop fees. When you submit your workshop registration, you will automatically be redirected to our online payment page, hosted by PayPal. Make sure to complete payment or your registration will not be processed. Prices are as follows:
   
   
   • $300 if received at least one month in advance (Deadline: July 11, 2012).
     
     
   • $350 if received between July 12 and August 10, 2012
     
     
   • The workshop manual is included when pay your workshop fees; you will receive your copy at the workshop.
     
     
   • Participants will be responsible for providing all meals and lodging for this workshop. For food and lodging options, click here.
     
     
4. Look over the Required Reading for the 3- and 5-day workshops, and if you need any of the books or papers, order them from Bountiful Gardens.
   
   

Your information is safe with us.
We do not share, rent or sell workshop attendee information to other organizations.

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