permaculture

[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

[this is a remonder for me to get to work on this project]

Project: The work of Jean Pain, Marc Bonfils and Emelia Hazelip. Documents,
website links, youtube or other videos.

I want to create one or more posts to this list containing links to online
resources for these famous permaculturists
plus any bibliogra[hies and videos at YouTube or elsewhere. There already
are many of Emelia and Jean Pain,
haven;t found any for Bonfils so far.

If anyone can contribute anything I can include in these posts, which will
be archived at ibiblio, I would appreciate it.

Here are links to  the Hazelip and Bonfils collections that I put online
thanks to source material provided by Jamie (soucayrous), a former list
subscriber and permaculturist living in France.

Here is my archive of Bonfils and Hazelip documents, put together with
scans of original documents by Jamie, Soucayrous, a former valued member of
this list's community.
souscayrous
souscayrous' biological farming & permaculture collection
http://www.ibiblio.org/london/souscayrous/
Collections Emilia Hazelip's Synergistic Agriculture - Collected Papers
http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/souscayrous/EmiliaHazelip-SynergisticAgriculture
Marc Bonfils' Agricultural Research
http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/souscayrous/MarcBonfils-AgriculturalResearch
souscayrous' albums (the two above) on PicasaWeb
http://picasaweb.google.com/souscayrous

More search results from Google:

Google YouTube search for Emelia Hazelip
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emelia+hazelip
Permaculture - Emilia Hazelip - Synergistic Garden (95)
propan0
An educational video on no-till synergistic gardening that describes the
step-by-step processes developed by Emilia Hazelip to ...
29:17
Le jardin d'Emilia Hazelip
BRF34
I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (
http://www.youtube.com/editor)
29:12
Il Giardino di Emilia Hazelip (intero) - IN ITALIANO
bikercyber1

Emilia Hazelip è stata un'agronoma e naturalista spagnola. È nota
soprattutto per aver messo a punto l'Agricoltura sinergica dopo ...
28:59
... El Jardin de Emilia Hazelip ...*...
EKOSMUNiDAD
GrasiAz Emilia...*... ...Amor i Lux... * ...Ser i Star... ...
http://livreinatural.unO...
14:31
Permaculture - Emilia Hazelip - Synergistic Garden Part 1
Bernardo Markowsky
Despite of its four main principles Permanent Agriculture is an an
empirical science. This video explains its application and ...
28:16
Le Jardin d'Emilia Hazelip-(1995) - (French version)
ECOmantiqueira
Lista de Reprodução: http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=2E1D1844B72A145D
____ (IN CONSTRUCTION)
14:36
Introduction à la permaculture par Emilia Hazelip (1995)
Eckhart Covent
Introduction à la permaculture par Emilia Hazelip du site eckhart.be.
10:00
Le Jardin d'émilia Hazelip (part 1)
Camera Cristalline
Durée totale 30 mn. Tout pour la mise en oeuvre des principes de la
Permaculture en Agriculture respectueuse de la terre. Gestes ...
1:42:11
Orto Sinergico
laura cozzani
TERRA NUOVA FESTIVAL 7-8 GIUGNO A MARINA DI PIETRASANTA (LU) Agricoltura
sinergica: le origini, l'esperienza, ...
13:37
I Segreti dell'Agricoltura Sinergica _ Intervista ad Antonio De Falco
JGDChannel
In questo episodio di Creativi di Fatto, scopriamo i segreti
dell'Agricoltura Sinergica insieme ad Antonio De Falco, Presidente ...
28:59
La huerta Sinérgica de Emilia Hazelip
Nave Tierra Patagonia
Emilia Hazelip desarrolló lo que denominó Huerta Sinérgica, un método que
adapta las ideas de la Agricultura Natural ...
14:30
El Jardin de Emilia Hazelip PARTE 1
documentalesonline
Emilia Hazelip desarrolló lo que denominó Huerta Sinérgica, un método que
adapta las ideas de la Agricultura Natural ...
9:59
Il Giardino di Emilia Hazelip 1di3 - IN ITALIANO
Toni Ferrara
La seconda parte qui: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFBLknS81R8 Francesca
Faiella - Traduzioni Alice Pantaleone - Voce ...
13:05
El Jardin de Emilia Hazelip 1
llàtzer Torrente
Agricultura natural.
29:50
Agricoltura sinergica - Il Giardino di Emilia Hazelip
Cibo D'Amore
Dal 1937 il microbiologo e agricoltore giapponese Masanobu Fukuoka ha
lavorato fino a sviluppare un'agricoltura ...
14:31
Permaculture - Emilia Hazelip - Synergistic Garden Part 2
Bernardo Markowsky
10:00
Le Jardin d'émilia Hazelip (part 2)
Camera Cristalline
Durée totale 30 mn. Tout pour la mise en oeuvre des principes de la
Permaculture en Agriculture respectueuse de la terre. Gestes ...
0:14
Agricultura Sinergica - Emilia Hazelip
NatureProductions
Emilia Hazelip nació el mismo año en que Masanobu Fukuoka comienza a
perfilar su Agricultura Natural, un sistema agrícola sin ...
29:12
Il Giardino di Emilia Hazelip intero IN ITALIANO
Agricoltura Sinergica Italia
Il video intero in italiano dove Emilia Hazelip parla del suo metodo di
coltivazione, l'Agricoltura Sinergica.
6:51
French No-Till Method Emilia Hazelip
Ranterd
Fukuoka's No-Till method the French way.

Google YouTube search for Hazelip:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hazelip
Permaculture - Emilia Hazelip - Synergistic Garden (95)
propan0
An educational video on no-till synergistic gardening that describes the
step-by-step processes developed by Emilia Hazelip to ...
Le jardin d'Emilia Hazelip
BRF34
Harrie verteld het verhaal over een bouwvakker, Willem met een hazelip, die
hij ontmoet een Haags koffiehuis Dick.
... El Jardin de Emilia Hazelip ...*...
EKOSMUNiDAD
GrasiAz Emilia...*... ...Amor i Lux... * ...Ser i Star... ...
http://livreinatural.unO...
Il Giardino di Emilia Hazelip (intero) - IN ITALIANO
bikercyber1
Emilia Hazelip è stata un'agronoma e naturalista spagnola. È nota
soprattutto per aver messo a punto l'Agricoltura sinergica dopo ...
Le Jardin d'Emilia Hazelip-(1995) - (French version)
ECOmantiqueira
Lista de Reprodução: http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=2E1D1844B72A145D
____ (IN CONSTRUCTION)
El Jardin de Emilia Hazelip PARTE 1
documentalesonline
Emilia Hazelip desarrolló lo que denominó Huerta Sinérgica, un método que
adapta las ideas de la Agricultura Natural ...
Gracie Hazelip
Le Jardin d'émilia Hazelip (part 1)
Camera Cristalline
Durée totale 30 mn. Tout pour la mise en oeuvre des principes de la
Permaculture en Agriculture respectueuse de la terre. Gestes ...
Joe Hazelip
Permacultura - Bill Mollison - Masanobu Fukuoka - Hazelip
NatureProductions
    Agricultura Natural - Masanobu Fukuoka
    Bill Mollison - 1 - El Problema
    View full playlist (14 videos)
El Jardin de Emilia Hazelip 1
llàtzer Torrente
Agricultura natural.
Permaculture - Emilia Hazelip - Synergistic Garden Part 1
Bernardo Markowsky
Despite of its four main principles Permanent Agriculture is an an
empirical science. This video explains its application and ...
10:00
Le Jardin d'émilia Hazelip (part 2)
Camera Cristalline
Durée totale 30 mn. Tout pour la mise en oeuvre des principes de la
Permaculture en Agriculture respectueuse de la terre. Gestes ...


Google YouTube search for Jean Pain
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jean+Pain
Jean Pain - English - Part 1
TaranakiFarm
Jean Pain - A french innovator who developed a compost based bio energy
system that produced 100% of his energy needs.
4:00
Projet Jean Pain - Chauffe eau avec compost - Wen-Rolland
Wen Rolland
Vidéo sur le projet Jean Pain au jardin collectif par Wen Rolland. Nous
avons eu un paillis de résidus d'émondage très fin avec ...
3:12
Combustion-Free Hot Water at the Whole Systems Research Farm
BrightBlueEcomedia
Testing the first generation of Jean Pain woody-compost water-heating mound
at Whole Systems Design's Vermont hill farm.
9:42
Jean Pain Wood Chip Heating Mound: Going Back to the Future
ValleyFuturesNetwork
Visit the Fayson home of Gaelan and Jasna Brown, where they've constructed
a Jean Pain mound to provide their home with ...
7:44
Jean Pain - English - Part 2
TaranakiFarm
Jean Pain - A french innovator who developed a compost based bio energy
system that produced 100% of his energy needs.
17
videos
chauffage methode jean pain
l'arrosoir pau
    2:17
    Chauffer sa serre en plein hiver sans dépenser d’énergie
    10:02
    Expérimentation du chauffage au compost
    View full playlist (17 videos)
Jean Pain Composting
Steven Cooper
http://www.journeytosustainability.com/ This video is about Jean Pain
Composting. Creating heated water and great compost.
1:58
green house tour with jean pain compost pile furnace
1bioman1
short wrap of green house build.
0:43
Jean Pain Mound
Victor Guadagno
Approx. 600 feet of plastic tubing, 12' diameter mound, 6 feet high, chips
and saw dust. We'll keep you posted as we start to pump ...
8:01
Jean Pain: How do we heat with wood chips? Trial results.
marthale7
An another trial of Jean Pain update.
1:31
Biogas made from grass digester d.i.y.Ireland 2 Jean Pain
Michael O Callaghan
Please look at connected vid ta. Bio gas generator making petrol.
0:50
Схема укладки компоста, труб - JEAN PAIN.
Sasha Pushok
2:57
Jean Pain Method Compost Heater
Phoenix
As described at http://locavoya.com.au we have recently begun the
implementation of a compost water heater which will hopefully ...
9:36
Jean Pain, the power of compost. Who was he, and does it work?
marthale7
See all of my videos indexed here - http://www.pinterest.com/mart85yahoocom/
2:24
Gaelan Brown - "Brown Mound" Jean Pain Method Compost
MRVEnergy
Gaelan Brown explains and shows off his Jean Pain Method wood chip
composting heat generation system, nicknamed the ...
14:38
Jean Pain English A visit to the company
Richard Perkins
Jean Pains Nephew and technical collaborator, Etienne Bonvallet, talking
about Jean Pain composting and the implications of ...
9:22
Video 74 Warmer water, circulating pump working with Jean Pain's method
marthale7
More progress water now up to 98 degrees with pump now working.
7
videos
jean pain compost power
litakdg1
   7:44
    Jean Pain - English - Part 2
    7:31
    Jean Pain - English - Part 1
    View full playlist (7 videos)
Réacteur Jean PAIN: Autopsie
Pierre1911
Le réacteur Jean PAIN de 20m3 est démonté au 3/5 et voici ce qu'il reste de
la matière et des installations.
1:30
Bio gas made from grass digester d.i.y.Ireland Jean Pain
Michael O Callaghan
bio gas.



VIDEO
The Synergistic Garden
Topics Masanobu Fukuoka
<https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Masanobu+Fukuoka%22>, 
Emilia
Hazelip
<https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Emilia+Hazelip%22>,
Garden <https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Garden%22>,
Synergistic
<https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Synergistic%22>,
Permaculture
<https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Permaculture%22>, Soil
<https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Soil%22>, Farm
<https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Farm%22>, MrGrizzerBear
<https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22MrGrizzerBear%22>,
Organic <https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Organic%22>
https://archive.org/details/TheSynergisticGarden
Emilia Hazelip presents the approach she developed based on permaculture
and Masanobu Fukuoka's principles of natural farming. She explains that her
method improves soil life by using permanent beds, by keeping the ground
permanently covered using mulches, and by planting together different plant
families and plant shapes. She uses no fertilizers and never works the
soil.
Run time 29 minutes 4 seconds
Audio/Visual sound, color

Permaculture Design Course Teachers Who Have Taught In North America
A compilation in progress by Michael Pilarski
http://northamericanpermaculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/NAPC-N.A.-teachers-22.pdf

*No-Till Vegetable Production:   Non-Chemical Methods of Cover Crop
Suppression and Weed Control *
by Steve Diver
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas — ATTRA
Fayetteville, Arkansas
*Last Updated April, 2002 *
https://attra.ncat.org/.../notill_veg.doc


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Permaculture techniques , les bassières
permaculturefrance
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIXYY49vKrK1LUqFFk8JBJA>
agriculture naturelle et pemaculture
<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFheY4UKwDYLNSHBS9oAOQ2UiwbuAxQIc>Les
baissières, (swales), description et fonctionnement
https://youtu.be/s6eYJRhM5AM?list=PLFheY4UKwDYLNSHBS9oAOQ2UiwbuAxQIc


Google YouTube search bonfils permaculture
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bonfils+permaculture

Il metodo Bonfils per farro e grano
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar9m7vXEZD4>
Permacultura Italia <https://www.youtube.com/user/permaculturaitalia>
In questo video Pietro (fondatore dell'Istituto Italiano di Permacultura)
ci illustra un campo di sperimentazione presso la cascina ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar9m7vXEZD4


And here is a top notch website at ibiblio created by Ute Bohnsack
Permaculture Online
http://www.ibiblio.org/permaculture-online/
PC Links
http://www.ibiblio.org/permaculture-online/pclinks.html
PC Works
http://www.ibiblio.org/permaculture-online/pcworks.html
Some Good Examples of Permaculture

There has been a lot of discussion recently (in January 2002 that is) over
the merits of permaculture and how to measure its success. Conventional
measures such as yields don't really capture the benefits of permaculture
so instead we gathered some messages about some really good examples of
permaculture obtained from a discussion on the subject on the permaculture
mailing list at ibiblio.org.
Below you'll find some of the contributions made in the course of the
discussion.
Please note that all e-mail addresses contain 'nospam' which you must
delete if you want to contact any of the contributors. This is to stop
e-mail harvesters.

Richard Morris writes:

"One of the best examples I've seen is a wetland system designed to treat
the waste from a Cider farm in Herefordshire, England. Its a four acre
plot, consisting of lots of ponds and swales and planted with 200 species
and varieties of willows, reeds and other plants. You can see its working
as some very mucky waste is going in one end and at the other end clean
water is coming out the other end. Its also producing a lot of willows for
all the thing willows are good for. It was put together by Jay and Claire
at Biologic design."

Steve Bonney writes:

"There are many, many examples of farm features that embrace the principles
of permaculture. Even in Indiana, we have good examples: constructed
wetlands cleaning wastewater from a milkhouse, alleycropping of agronomic
crops between rows of black walnut trees, managed intensive grazing systems
that maintain a permanent crop cover on the soil and increase water
infiltration instead of runoff. These are all features of permaculture, or
rather, demonstrate principles of permaculture.

There are many striking examples of permaculture that have been developed
by listmembers. I don't want to slight anyone, but what Robyn Francis has
built upon the principles of permaculture in a short time is truly amazing
to me."

Toby Hemenway writes:

"The best ones I've seen are: Flowering Tree in New Mexico, Roxanne
Swentzell's place designed by her and Joel Glanzberg. Rox has taken a 1/2
acre of bare gravel desert and, starting with swaling, mulching, and lots
of N-fixers, now has a nearly closed canopy of walnuts, fruit trees,
N-fixing trees, with fantastic habitat and more food and mulch than she can
deal with.

Permaculture Institute of Northern California, Penny Livingston's place, an
acre of suburban jungle with chickens, ducks, and again, more food and
biomass production than she can use. It's got a cob office, and two
load-bearing straw-bale buildings, a marsh and pond system that handles all
the greywater and supports the duck and some irrigation. There's a Bed-and
Breakfast attached, so lots of visitors come away inspired. Too bad Penny
just dropped this list, but she's busy with a thriving design business.

The Bullock's property on Orcas Island, north of Seattle. 10 acres that's
the best developed food forest I've seen, plus several acres of wetland
that has chinampas in it (mostly for wildlife). They hold classes for 3
weeks each summer with 30 students, and there's enough fruit to support
grazing for the whole class the whole time. They're off the grid, and
supported by a nursery business and teaching. These are all very attractive
sites, too.

None of these people are measuring yields, though I think they all have
some idea of rough quantities of certain crops. I'm sure that converting
each property into a conventional, row-crop farm or orchard would generate
more total output (ignoring inputs) than they are currently getting, but at
a severe loss of habitat, multiple function, and education about integrated
systems.

And that reminds me of Jerome Osentowski's Central Rocky Mountain
Permaculture Institute in Colorado. The particular interest here is that
Jerome's income source for about a decade was a many-specied salad-growing
operation he ran in raised beds and two large greenhouses (a real feat,
going year-round at 7000 feet elevation). He sold to tony restaurants in
Aspen. He got sick of the huge amount of work, and demoralized by the vast
quantities of organic matter that he was importing, burning up, and
exporting as C02 and salad. Really high inputs. So he shifted to a food
forest, which is just reaching good production now and supported a lot of
heavy grazing during a class I helped teach there last summer. Again, no
hard data, but his decision to shift from intensive row-cropping to food
forest, and his enormous happiness with the result, is a powerful
statement."
Jerome Osentowski later adds: "Just to add a little to the current thread
regarding yields in the forest garden. We should not be held to using the
same measuring stick that agribusiness and other market farms have come to
use, unless we are to receive the same subsidies that they're getting.
A few of the additional yields that we have the potential for manifesting
include soil health/building, species diversity and species hardiness. for
example, I have been growing two species of figs, nepalese cactus and
rosemary under one layer of plastic for ten years at 7000 feet. It gets
down to 0 degrees F several times a year in the greenhouse, however, these
species continue to thrive and produce large yields in the spring and
summer. We've also had a few hens that are laying year round, without
supplemental light, heat or commercial laying mesh. Where should we put
these success on the balance sheet that we're talking about? There aren't
enough columns. From my forest garden I am able to set up a very
successful, low-input, edible landscaping nursery which in a few years
should equal the amount of income I've ever made from selling annual salad
greens and herbs with a third of the work. This nursery also connects into
my consulting business and workshops (i.e. - if I travel to durango to do a
forest garden workshop, i carry with me $500 worth of plant material which
either gets bought by the host or workshop participants). The reason is
that I have plant material that's not available in the local nurseries.
There's also the educational component of forest gardens. People would much
rather take a workshop where they can see a maturing forest garden and
directly experience the yields by grazing. The forest garden is also an
integral part of a school edible landscaping project that I'm implementing
in the valley. This winter I've even set up bales of hay throughout the
forest garden and greenhouses for archery, adding another function or yield
to my property.
And how do we measure the spiritual well-being that our gardens provide us?
For me, my garden is a sanctuary and in many ways, that is the most
important yield of all.
This spring we will be releasing a forest garden video featuring crmpi's,
John Cruickshank's and several other forest gardens. The script and
narration is done by Peter Bane and Lauren Swain. This could be considered
yet another yield. In this video, you'll be able to see just how productive
some of these forest gardens can be.
Also, Peter Bane and I have begun the research on a new book on forest
gardening that will address questions of yield and give examples.
If you would like to take a tour of our forest garden, we should have a new
page up on our website in a few days.
If we truly want to measure the value of forest gardening and permaculture
we need to change the way that we measure and define yields."

Maddy Harland writes:

""The Woodland Way" by Ben Law is full of data. There is also an analysis
of income and pc woodland management which was part of a MSc in the centre
pages. Greg is out of date. We now have lots of post graduate data here
proving pc works (not the wild kind but serious, cool temperate systems
which have been thoroughly researched) and pc design is taught at
university and horticultural colleges."

Graham Burnett writes:

"John Comben & Sue Ferguson have compiled reports on Cool Temperate PC
(i.e. UK)."

Chris Dixon writes:

"With regards to yield figures, I did collect some basic data which is
available on my web site; http://www.konsk.co.uk/design/argelacs.htm this
is a page on Argel, the wilderness regeneration site and my attempts to
quantify yield there."

Robyn writes:

"Jarlanbah Pc Community was part of a grazing property - the 55 acres only
yielded the farmer $1200 worth of beef per year. Now there are numerous
half acre private gardens on that same piece of land that harvest well over
$1200 worth of vegetables, fruit and eggs per year each from their half
acre. Plus there's the reduced energy consumption (compared to average
rural residential household), rainwater collection, composting toilets etc
etc. Then there's the 33 acres of community land with rainforest
regeneration along the gully, increased wildlife habitat, populations and
diversity, the woodlots planted with fuel and cabinet timbers, the organic
market garden that supplies our local village stores and on and on.

Here at Djanbung Gardens (was part of the same grazing property as
Jarlanbah) the 5 acres is providing 60% of my food and food for courses
(estimated value $4000), and earns approx $5000 through value-adding
(conserves & herbal products, and casual canteen food sales) and sale of
tropical tubers, vegetative propagules and surplus veg. If the 55 acres of
Jarlanbah yeilded the farmer only $1200, then my 5 acres was probably only
worth around $110 a year. Plus there's the educational income of all the
visitors who come here to see a working permaculture system,and there's the
numerous other products harvested, the increase in biodiversity & wildlife
etc etc. Could add sooooo much more and cite numerous examples of pc
successes if I only had the time... I get constant feedback from former
students thanking me and describing their systems, how much pleasure and
production they derive from their permacultures."
...and adds in a further contribution:

"Dr Venkat (did the first PDC in India taught by Bill Mollison & myself)
working a very poor semi-arid zone with around 40 villages set up a
demonstration farm at Pastapur which over the years inspired many local
farmers - he encouraged farmers to convert 10% of their farm a year to
permaculture and discussed with them which strategies would maximise
benefits with minimal input. For many it was simply starting with planting
legumes in non-productive areas for fuel and fodder, and/or planting
coppice legumes, bananas, taro, ginger and other water-loving plants along
the edges of their little open earth irrigation ditches which are otherwise
loosing vaste amounts of water through seepage and evaporation.

His main work however was with the women through the Sangams (village
women's councils). One of the first things was getting kitchen gardens
going - no vegetables were being grown in the villages and many health
problems came from poor nutrition (no fruit or vegetables in the diet). The
sangams also set up micro-banking systems and food co-ops on the village
level. Venkat's assistant, Narsanna, was funded to come to Australia for
IPC in 1996 and told me that they had over 2000 barefoot permaculture
teachers - all village women - engaged in establishing kitchen gardens and
reclaiming wastelands that had formerly been common forest areas cleared by
the government 70 years ago - these women were hand building kilometers of
swales and planting mixed species forests on the barren slopes for food,
fuel, fodder, medicine and craft materials. The women also set up a
building collective and built the houses with local materials.

It is an incredibly empowering story and unfortunately the demonstration
farm and training centre at Pastapur is now closed - not due to any
failures of permaculture but from internal corruption in the umbrella NGO.
The work of the NGO was mainly focused on the farmers growing export crops,
mainly sugar cane, with massive well contruction programmes (resulting in
dramatic depletion of ground water levels), high inputs for fertilisers
etc. The extra income earned by the men tended to support their gambling
and drinking pursuits and didn't trickle down to family health, education
and housing. The NGO received prestigious awards for their impressive
number crunching of hectares put into cane production, tons of fertilisers
imported etc. The work with the women which really had a huge beneficial
impact on village health, education and economic independence of the women
has been largely ignored by award-giving agencies.

By-the-way, the women kept records of the value of vegies harvested from
their little kitchen garden plots - some were harvesting over 200 rupees
worth of vegies a month (they would brag about who grew the most) - this
represented incredible wealth as their wages as labourers was only a few
rupees an hour."
... and later again:
"We have over 20 years of stories of permaculture projects reported in
articles in back issues of PIJ (Permaculture International Journal) - would
be great to get these onto a web site or collated into thematic booklets -
there are still numerous back issues available. There must be many other pc
journals and publications with stories worth following up."

Bob Jacobs adds

"Examples like the project in India (with Dr.Venkat) is a shining example.
I am aware of it only from the global gardener video, and I often refer to
it. It is an impressive example of one of the right on ways that aid can be
a good thing. I am excited by the people who want to collect all this
information and develop it into a website or publicity materials. This is
spot-on.

So in keeping with that, I would like to mention Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe (ZIM)
is a great countly for permaculture. There's the Fambidzanai (staple food)
edu. center that teaches permaculture, dryland cropping, brick making,
beekeeping, etc. on about 40 acres of land near Harare. I spent 3 weeks
there and watched about 50 rural farmers come (free of charge for them as
they were sponsored) to get training. Most of them were women, which is one
of the first good examples of gender recognition in African Ag. I have
seen. The project is going strong, but facing potential problems as the
land and farming issue heats up in Zimbabwe, lots of donors are pulling
out. Still, they have, through education and seed distribution, touched the
lives of thousands, and improved them.

The same for Zim's Natural farming network, that works as an umbrella to
promote organic ag. and PC to NGO's. They now support a Zimbabwe Institute
of Permaculture, a participatory land use planning group, a PC in schools
group, etc.

Again, the country is full of positive examples.

As for yield research, I am about to return to post graduate school studing
sustainable Ag, and Int. Development. I will be doing my field study on the
nutritional and land use impact of PC systems in "developing" countries.
This is years away, but I will glsdly contribute all my data to any
publicity to help prove the worth of PC."

Sharon Gordon writes:

"A family turned their lawn into a food producing garden. Their lot is
66x132 feet with a house and garage. From May 2001 to January 2002 they
have harvested over 2300 pounds of food. Info and pictures at
http://www.pathtofreedom.com/facts&amp;stats.htm
<http://www.pathtofreedom.com/facts&stats.htm>
It's a mix of permaculture and biointensive.

Ute Bohnsack writes:

(In response to a question concerning the somewhat related issue of
organic/biodynamic comparative research:)" for anyone interested in this
topic, the Swiss Institute of Organic Farming has done some very
interesting work on this front. They have assessed the long-term agronomic
and ecological performance of bio-dynamic and bio-organic systems in
comparison with conventional arable farming systems in a replicated 21-year
field trial study (the famous DOC-trial in Therwil). Some of their results
are given in http://www.fao.org/organicag/doc/RTS58.pdf and at
http://www.sac.ac.uk/envsci/external/bsss/poster2.htm The general 'gist' of
the results is: "The variety of substrates utilized by soil microorganisms
serves as an indicator of microbial functional diversity, which was higher
in bio-dynamic than in conventional soils. Concomitantly, microbes in the
bio-dynamic soil decomposed added plant material to a higher extent than in
conventional soil with a higher proportion of the plant material being used
for microbial biomass build-up. In conclusion soil quality as indicated by
the abundance and diversity of soil organisms as well as by their activity
tends to be improved under organic agriculture. "

The article Holistic approaches in organic farming research and
development: a general overview by Urs NIGGLI also addresses some of the
aspects debated here in relation to the possibilities of comparing Pc with
other systems/paradigms/models, whatever you want to call them."


-- 
Lawrence F. London, Jr.
lfljvenaura@gmail.com
https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared