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100 1  Hervé-Gruyer, Perrine|eauthor 
245 10 Miraculous abundance :|bone quarter acre, two French 
       farmers, and enough food to feed the world /|cPerrine and 
       Charles Hervé-Gruyer ; translated by John F. Reynolds ; 
       foreword by Eliot Coleman 
246 30 One quarter acre, two French farmers, and enough food to 
       feed the world 
264  1 White River Junction, Vermont :|bChelsea Green Publishing,
       |c[2016] 
300    xi, 255 pages, 16 pages of plates|bcolor illustrations|c23
       cm 
340    |b23 cm 
500    "Originally published in French as Permaculture. Guerir la
       terre, nourrir les homes, by Actes Sud." -- title page 
       verso 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 8  Pupoli's canoe -- Around the world -- From dream to 
       reality -- The Amazon -- We are what we eat -- Draw me a 
       farm -- New farmers -- Discovering permaculture -- 
       Biointensive microagriculture -- Eliot Coleman -- The 
       Parisian market gardeners of the nineteenth century -- 
       Exotic influence -- Genesis of a method -- Launch of a 
       research program -- The forest garden -- Agriculture of 
       the sun -- Working by hand -- To be small -- Microfarms --
       Microagriculture, society, planet -- The earth is an 
       adventure -- Bio-abundance 
520    The Bec Hellouin model for growing food, sequestering 
       carbon, creating jobs, and increasing biodiversity without
       using fossil fuels. When Charles and Perrine Herve-Gruyer 
       set out to create their farm in an historic Normandy 
       village, they had no idea just how much their lives would 
       change. Neither one had ever farmed before. Charles had 
       been circumnavigating the globe by sail, operating a 
       floating school that taught students about ecology and 
       indigenous cultures. Perrine had been an international 
       lawyer in Japan. Each had returned to France to start a 
       new life. Eventually, Perrine joined Charles in Normandy, 
       and Le Ferme du Bec Hellouin was born. Since then the farm
       has become a celebrated model of innovative, ecological 
       agriculture in Europe, connected to national and 
       international organizations addressing food security, and 
       heralded by celebrity chefs as well as the Slow Food 
       movement. The Miraculous Abundance of Bec Hellouin Farm is
       the eloquent tale of the couple's evolution from creating 
       a farm to sustain their family to delving into an 
       experiment in how to grow the most food possible, in the 
       most ecological way possible, and create a farm model that
       can carry us into a post-carbon future when oil is no 
       longer moving goods and services, energy is scarcer, and 
       localization is a must. Today, the farm produces a variety
       of vegetables using a mix of permaculture, bio-intensive, 
       four-season, and natural farming techniques--as well as 
       techniques gleaned from native cultures around the world. 
       It has some animals for eggs and milk, horses for farming,
       a welcome center, a farm store, a permaculture school, a 
       bread oven for artisan breads, greenhouses, a cidery, and 
       a forge. It has also become the site of research focusing 
       on how small organic farms like theirs might confront 
       Europe's (and the world's) projected food crisis. But in 
       this honest and engaging account of the trials and joys of
       their uncompromising effort, readers meet two people who 
       are farming the future as much as they are farming their 
       land. They envision farms like theirs someday being the 
       hub for a host of other businesses that can drive rural 
       communities from bread makers and grain millers to animal 
       care givers and other tradespeople. Market farmers and 
       home gardeners alike will find much in these pages, but so
       will those who've never picked up a hoe. The couple's 
       account of their quest to design an almost Edenlike farm, 
       hone their practices, and find new ways to feed the world 
       is an inspiring tale. It is also a love letter to a future
       in which people increasingly live in rural communities 
       that rely on traditional skills, locally created and 
       purveyed goods and services, renewable energy, and greater
       local governance, but are also connected to the larger 
       world 
546    Translated from the French 
650  7 Organic farming.|2fast 
650  7 Permaculture.|2fast 
650  7 Ekologiskt lantbruk|2sao 
650  7 Permakultur|2sao 
650  7 Alternativa odlingsformer|2sao 
700 1  Reynolds, John F.|4translator 
700 1  Coleman, Eliot,|d1938-|4author of foreword 
700 1  Hervé-Gruyer, Charles|4author 
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