Date(s) - March 25, 2017 - March 26, 2017
Time - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

This is a third-party event not organised by Permablitz. We've added it because we reckon it looks pretty good!

Location - Hepburn Primary School

Join Jodi Roebuck, established biointensive grower, for a weekend learning the Biointensive Growing system – an organic vegetable growing method designed to maximise harvest in small spaces.

This course is suitable for serious backyard growers looking to take their patch to the next level, homesteaders looking to grow large volumes of their own organic veg, and community+aid workers looking for solutions to maximise nutrient dense food production with limited space + resources.

During this course we will be continuing to establish a biointensive growing plot at Melliodora permaculture farm, to complement their existing market garden + animal systems.

What is Biointensive Growing?

“Biointensive is a method of growing as much organic food as possible in the smallest amount of space. The method draws upon a variety of intensive agricultural methods practiced thousands of years ago in China, Greece and Latin America, as well as French intensive techniques practiced in the 1700’s and 1800’s, and Biodynamic techniques developed in Europe in the early 1920s.

The culmination of these techniques has developed into what is now called GROW BIOINTENSIVE sustainable mini-farming. It’s a method adapted to address the unsustainable nature of the global food system, which nearly all of us depend on.

The method was designed to provide food security for those who practice it, while continually building and developing the soil and conserving natural resources. The result is producing safe food year after year in the same small space.

Practiced in over 130 countries across the world, this method has proven that a complete diet can be produced by people in any climate where food can be grown, with very limited resources.”

“Jodi Roebuck is one of the most focused, motivated food & seed growers I have worked with in 44 years of GROW BIOINTENSIVE sustainable mini-farming work” – Biointensive originator John Jeavons

So whether you are a beginning gardener wanting a kick-start in serious cutting-edge organic food production methods or you are an experienced gardener wanting to incorporate the biointensive approach into your existing gardening practice, this workshop will not disappoint.

While presented in language a beginner can understand, Jodi will be delivering content on a level and calibre meaning that even seasoned experts will find this a refreshing professional development opportunity.

In this Biointensive Growing course you will learn about: