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Meet John Jeavons
John
Jeavons is internationally known as the leading researcher, developer,
teacher and consultant for small-scale food production techniques utilizing
GROW BIOINTENSIVE culture. He is the author of the best-selling text How to Grow More Vegetables, Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains,
and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible On Less Land Than You
Can Imagine (Ten Speed Press) which appears in multiples editions
in 7 languages plus Braille, and has over 560,000 copies in print worldwide.
He has authored, co-authored or edited over 30 publications on the
high-yielding, resource-conserving GROW
BIOINTENSIVE approach. Jeavons' food-raising
methods are being used in over 130 countries and by organizations
such as UNICEF, Save the Children, and the Peace Corps.
The comprehensive
and sustainable cropping system developed by Jeavons enables people
in all regions of the world to grow a balanced diet on a small plot
of land. Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland said of
his work, "There are probably a billion people in the world who are
malnourished. The Jeavons approach could enable that segment of the
population to feed itself adequately for the first time ever. That
would be a remarkable development in this world, and would do more
to solve the problems of poverty, misery and hunger than anything
else we've done."
A political
science graduate of Yale University, Jeavons worked for the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Stanford University
before devoting the past 35 years to the development of GROW
BIOINTENSIVE techniques. He has been the recipient of the Boise Peace Quilt Award
(1988), the Giraffe Award for public service (1989}, the Santa Fe
Living Treasure Award(1989) and the Steward of Sustainable Agriculture
Award (2000). He has also been a nominee for the Noetic Sciences Altruism
Award (1992), the World Food Prize (1993 and 1995) and the Pew Scholars
Award in Conservation and the Environment (1995). In 1988 "Circle
of Plenty," a PBS-TV documentary about Jeavons and his work, aired
nationally. He is also one of those featured in "The Living Land"
(1999), a PBS-TV documentary. Major publications have featured his
work, including the New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco
Chronicle, Chicago Tribune and the Christian Science Monitor. His
invitations to lecture have included China, Kenya, Russia, Bhutan,
Nepal, Mexico and Canada.
Jeavons was instrumental in catalyzing the “Soil, Food and People—A Biointensive Model for the Next Century” International Conference presented by Ecology Action at the University of California-Davis in the year 2000. John Doran, former President of the Soil Science Society of America and recipient 1999 Onassis Environmental Prize said that the Conference was “...one of the most inspiring conferences that I have ever been to in my over 25 years as a scientist and a lifetime as a person.” Jeavons also catalyzed the 6-Day Biointensive Sustainable Mini-Farming Workshop in Costa Rica for the Spanish-speaking world in 2006 with over 115 participants from 21 countries. The Workshop was given in part with the collaboration of IICA (Institute for Interamerican Cooperation in Agriculture), a 32-member international organization made up primarily of nations. Isidro Alejo, a participant from the Dominican Republic said of the Workshop, "...[the] organizers and participants were all the same, there were no differences or distinctions made, so all of us felt [we] were at the same level and ‘among our families'.”
Jeavons is a moving speaker who is frequently sought after to address national and
international conferences and university audiences. He has addressed
the World Food Conference at Clemson University as the keynote speaker,
has taught classes at Stanford University and has given lectures at
Universities throughout Mexico. Audiences are enriched by Jeavons' message
which details the important role individuals play in providing solutions to world
environment and food challenges.
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John Jeavons
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