Miraculous Abundance: One Quarter Acre, Two French Farmers, and Enough Food to Feed the World

Name: Miraculous Abundance: One Quarter Acre, Two French Farmers, and Enough Food to Feed the World
Brand: Chelsea Green Publishing Co
SKU: 9781603586429
Price: 22.79 EUR
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★★★★★

English

By (author): Charles Herve-Gruyer Perrine Herve-Gruyer

Farmers like Charles and Perrine Hervé-Gruyer are among the beacons of light. Their work allows the rest of the world to see that there is another life, there is another way. From the foreword by Eliot Coleman, author of The New Organic Grower

This book, more about philosophy than a how-to, describes how two inexperienced beginners succeeded in creating a gorgeous, productive, self-sustaining farm Marion Nestle, author of Food Politics

What began as a simple dream in an historic Normandy village has turned into one of the worlds most radical, innovative experiments in small-scale farming.

When Charles and Perrine Hervé-Gruyer set out to create their farm in a historic Normandy village, they had no idea just how much their lives would change. Neither one had ever farmed before. Charles had been traveling the globe teaching students about ecology and indigenous cultures. Perrine had been an international lawyer in Japan. Their farm Bec Hellouin has since become an internationally celebrated model of innovation in ecological agriculture. Miraculous Abundance is the eloquent tale of the couples quest to build an agricultural model that can carry us into a post-carbon future.

The authors dive deeper into the various farming methods across the globe that contributed towards the creation of the Bec Hellouin model, including:

Permaculture and soil health principles
Korean natural farming methods
Managing a four-season farm
Creating a productive agroecosystem that is resilient and durable
Using no-dig methods for soil fertility
Modelling an agrarian system that supports its community in totality; from craft, restaurants and shared work spaces to jobs, agritourism, energy and ecological biodiversity

Perfect for aspiring and experienced farmers, gardeners and smallholders, Miraculous Abundance is a love letter to a future where ecological farming is at the centre of every community.

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Weight: 431g
Dimensions: 153 x 229mm
Publication Date: 11 Apr 2016
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781603586429

About Charles Herve-GruyerPerrine Herve-Gruyer

Perrine Hervé-Gruyer has worked as an international lawyer and head of the legal department of a major company in Asia and has volunteered with the High Commissioner for Refugees. When she turned thirty Perrine radically changed lanes and began taking courses in psychotherapy specifically in relaxation therapy publishing a book titled La Relaxation en Famille. With her husband Charles she created Le Ferme du Bec Hellouin. Perrine also serves as a Green Party representative with the Regional Parliament of Haute-Normandie where she oversees a committee focusing on agriculture. Charles Hervé-Gruyer has been passionate about the relationship between humans and nature since childhood. He circumnavigated the globe for 22 years while operating a floating school focusing on ecology and indigenous cultures the subject of many of his books and documentaries. Charles then directed his research to exploring our inner world studying psychology relaxation therapy massage and yoga instruction. Anxious to explore the most environmentally friendly farming practices Charles created Le Ferme du Bec Hellouin with his wife Perrine in 2003. The couple then began an experiment merging various small-scale intensive organic and natural agricultural techniques that would pique the interest of European agencies planning food-security strategy and raise awareness about permaculture in France. The farm also operates a permaculture school. Eliot Coleman has over fifty years experience in all aspects of organic farming including field vegetables greenhouse vegetables rotational grazing of cattle and sheep and range poultry. He is the author of The New Organic Grower Four-Season Harvest and The Winter Harvest Handbook as well as the instructional workshop DVD Year-Round Vegetable Production with Eliot Coleman. Coleman and his wife Barbara Damrosch presently operate a commercial year-round market garden in addition to horticultural research projects at Four Season Farm in Harborside Maine.