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The 9th Spanish edition of the flagship book on the Biointensive Method, “How to Grow More Vegetables (and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops)” by John Jeavons, is now available!
Purchase your copy through the channels listed in the footer. Special pricing is available for Biointensive practitioners.
2026 Workshops and Other Activities
In this section, we will share information about workshops, conferences, and other activities organized by Biointensive practitioners.
UPTMKR Presents a Paper on Biointensive Agriculture in Venezuela
The post-holiday period and resumption of classes began today at the Kleber Ramírez Territorial Polytechnic University of Mérida (UPTMKR) with a sustainable agricultural activity based on the so-called “Biointensive Method.” The activity was attended by students from the Agro-Food Training Program, as well as research professors, agricultural producers, and institutional representatives.
Our institution continues to strengthen bilateral relations with Mexico. Cuba
Today, we welcomed Mr. Juan Manuel Martinez Valdez, President of the Mexican NGO El Mezquite - ECOPOL, to UNAH. He has maintained longstanding collaborative ties with our Faculty of Agronomy at UNAH to promote the Biointensive Growing Method as a best practice that encourages the production of healthy and safe food.
8-Month Internship Program with Ecology Action
In April 2025, our journey to learn the “Grow Biointensively” method began. We are Janet Nina Cusiyupanqui, from Peru, and Eva Asher, from Mexico. We are currently participating in an eight-month internship program at Ecology Action, at the “Victory Garden for Peace” in Mendocino, California. Every day, we continue learning and strengthening our knowledge of the eight principles of the Biointensive Method. We have the opportunity to take part in hands-on field training under the guidance of Matthew Drewno, as well as online classes with John Jeavons.
Huerto del Mezquite.
SECOND HALF OF 2025
In Mexico, we are fortunate to have two Biointensive Method Masters, Marisol Tenorio and Agustín Medina. They will periodically share their valuable experiences with crops, yields, pests, and other details from their gardens.
We hope this section will serve as a helpful guide and source of information for Biointensive practitioners reading this “Garden Report.”
We also encourage you to share your own garden reports, which we will be happy to publish here.
Huerto de Javi y Liliane, La Puebla de Fantova, España.
Years ago, I had the privilege of meeting an exceptional woman, Liliane Spendeler, a Frenchwoman living in Spain who was part of the staff at “Amigos de la Tierra España” (Friends of the Earth Spain).
She decided to move to the Pyrenees to be closer to nature. Since then, she has radically transformed her lifestyle and has become an outstanding Biointensive practitioner.
Below, you will find her letter from last December, along with photographs of her garden. Take a look at the beautiful compost piles that Javi and Liliane make!
Statement on Biointensive Agriculture in the Face of Climate Change
Participants in the Latin American gathering, “Biointensive Agriculture in the Face of Climate Change,” which brought together representatives from 19 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the United States, Russia, and Kenya, met in Xochitla, State of Mexico, from May 3 to 9, 2010.
During the gathering, they issued the following declaration, which, 15 years later, on World Environment Day, remains fully relevant and as important as ever.
Sustainable Organic Agriculture on a Human Scale Biointensive Growing Method
Organic Agriculture is a state of consciousness. It is not enough to know how to grow food without agrochemicals; it is equally, if not more, important to have a clear understanding of how, why, and for what purpose we grow.
The consequences of lacking this awareness are evident: humanity has never been as unhealthy and disconnected from its culture as it is today.
Aware of the growing challenges facing our world and people's fundamental need for food, we have developed a small-scale agricultural system—the GROW BIOINTENSIVELY® Sustainable Growing Method—that nourishes the soil, produces high yields, conserves resources, and can be successfully practiced by almost anyone. Our goal is to help make this system known and widely adopted at the local level—throughout the world.
Ecology Action, ECOPOL, and El Mezquite have catalyzed projects around the world through training programs, consulting, internships, online courses, and publications.
This consortium of NGOs has a presence in 152 countries worldwide, with an estimated 10 million Biointensive practitioners who produce abundant food without agrochemicals, using small spaces and resources available in any rural community. They use less water, energy, and fertilizer while restoring and increasing soil fertility.
The principles, techniques, and practical solutions they apply are rooted in the knowledge and practices of the cultures that came before us.
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