Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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Jardin Botanico de Medellin
Calle 73 No. 51D- 14 - Medellín, Colombia


http://www.botanicomedellin.org/



---- Ken Hargesheimer <minifarms2@yahoo.com> wrote: 
> Please email to me the postal address of the Botanical Garden
> .
> Ken Hargesheimer
> 
> --- On Mon, 7/5/10, pbunch@cox.net <pbunch@cox.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: pbunch@cox.net <pbunch@cox.net>
> Subject: [Livingontheland] Mercado Verde
> To: "livingontheland" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Monday, July 5, 2010, 7:17 AM
> 
> 
> We went to the Mercado Verde (Green Market) at the Botanical Gardens here 
> in Medellin yesterday. This is a very good, if new and growing, farmers 
> market. Lots of organic growers and folks producing alternative crops like 
> quinoa, kawichi (Amaranth) yacon and others. Also a lot of educational 
> outreach. Things like growing sprouts, gardening, using herbs for cooking 
> and other purposes.
> 
> I was able to make contact with people who are growing some of the 
> indigenous crops that are adapted to the higher elevations. Our finca is at 
> 2400 meters and not all of the regular crops do well there. Also found some 
> secondary contacts in the southern part of the country where some of these 
> crops are still important pats of the diet.
> 
> The event is held monthly and was well attended. One of the vendors is 
> developing an organic produce nucleus at one of the big urban market places 
> (La America). This is a step forward as finding  high quality produce grown 
> with sustainable methods is not easy here.
> 
> I should mention that the Botanical Garden is strongly promoting organic 
> growing, composting, vermiculture, home gardening and other sustainable 
> practices as well as more traditional conservation efforts.
> 
> Phil
> Medellin/Piedras Blancas
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