Mehr lesen
Sustainable agriculture integrates three main goals - environmental health, economic profitability, and social and economic equity. This bookprovides techniques and concepts for sustainable land use not only to the professionals but home gardeners. It is based on decades of Holzman's research and experience as a market gardener.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
1. Transitioning Ecology into Agroecology
2. Design
3. Compost: What It Is, How to Make It, How to Use It
4. Soil
5. Plant Culture
6. Plant and Seed Propagation
7. Holistic Entomology
8. Plant Pathology
9. Biodynamics in Practice
10. Maintenance and Balance
11. Full Circle
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Frank Holzman is an organic horticulturist and sustainable farming consultant. Holzman started his career as a landscape maintenance gardener in the San Francisco Bay Area. After studying agricultural sciences at the university, he studied organic horticulture in Santa Cruz, California. He learned about Biodynamics in Alan Chadwick's garden at University of California, Santa Cruz. He worked on farms and gardens in California, Oregon, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Georgia. His work has also taken him to seven countries, primarily in Southeast Asia and Central America establishing education programs and consulting on creating healthy ecosystems. Frank Holzman also serves as president of Recovery Eco Agriculture Project, working on sustainable land use, education, research and development.
Zusammenfassung
Sustainable agriculture integrates three main goals – environmental health, economic profitability, and social and economic equity. This book provides techniques and concepts for sustainable land use not only to the professionals but home gardeners. It is based on decades of Holzman’s research and experience as a market gardener.
