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The task is to learn how to produce healthy and productive soil.
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Quote from Growing Powers’s website - a nonprofit started and run by the former basketball player Will Allen in the US Midwest – providing healthy food for poor urban, urban gardens and hoop houses, education, and much more:<br /> <br /> “The simple truth is that it all starts with the soil. Without good soil, crops don’t get enough of the nutrients they need to survive and when plants are stressed, they are more prone to disease and pest problems. That’s why we grow our own compost and vermicomposting – 10 million tons of it a year. That compost goes onto every growing bed we raise crops on. Because we know what goes in to the compost, we aren’t worried that the soil is contaminated with lead or other chemicals that humans just shouldn’t eat.<br /> At Growing Power, we raise all of our crops sustainably, which is a term that means we grow produce at or above current organic standards but we have not been certified organic by the U.S. government. Currently, it just is not a priority of ours. We would all much rather be in the fields than filling out lots of paper work for the government.<br /> To grow sustainably means that we do not use any synthetic chemicals – fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides – on any of our crops. We prefer to do things the old fashioned way; we hand pick weeds, we control pests with beneficial insects such as ladybugs, and we use foliar compost tea to help control pest and bacteria problems. As a very last resort, we use only certified organic pesticides like Neem oil and Pyrethrum, a pesticide made from Chrysanthemum leaves.<br /> In addition, we buy all of our seed from reputable seed companies who do not treat their seeds with pesticides or other chemicals. Seed companies that we often use are Johnny’s Seed and Seed Savers. These are seed companies that we trust and who are committed to helping their communities.” <a href="http://www.growingpower.org">www.growingpower.org</a>.<br /> <br /> Along with thousands of others, Will Allen has taken up the challenge to produce healthy organic food and in the process restore the productivity to the soil. Soil depletion is a huge problem around the world and annually millions of acres go lost from erosion, landslides, or simply exhaustion. Some of this loss is due to present agricultural methods that slowly kills the natural health and productivity of the soil, some of it is due to climate.<br /> But the good news is that we CAN produce healthy and productive soil – and as Will Allen say – “it is all about the soil”. So when we embark on the road of garden farming and food production, it starts with the SOIL
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This task is scheduled for 8 hours.<br /> <br /> This workshop is good to do in a small group e.g. your trio.<br /> <ol> <li>Read chapter 3 from Christian Fenger’s book “GAIA – 40 Green World Actions”, GAIA-movement.org; “Healthy and productive soils”.</li> <li>Soil examination: Take soil samples 2 different places at the school and examine them. How would you characterize the productivity of the soil? What will it take to improve the soil? Research what kind of soil you can expect to see in the area around the project – and thus what you should be prepared for.</li> <li>Prepare a series of posters/education materials about how to <u>conserve and improve the fertility of the soil</u> to be used at the project in Africa/Latin America.</li> <li>Take pictures of the posters and send to your teacher.</li> </ol> Watch the two videos downloaded from youtube.com by Growing Power: “Will Allen at Growing Power – Urban Farmer” and “Growing Soil”.
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