Living with the Earth - Méthode de la Ferme du Bec Hellouin

Manual for market gardeners. Permaculture - Ecoculture - Microfarms

Climate change is accelerating, biodiversity is collapsing, our model of civilization is faltering... Isn't it time we all invented a new way of living on Earth, inspired by nature?

At the Bec Hellouin organic farm, Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer and their team seek to meet human needs while caring for all forms of life. They practice ecoculture, a new form of agriculture that mimics natural ecosystems. Scientific research has validated the results of this approach, which uses simple, effective hand tools to produce vegetables and fruit of excellent taste and nutritional quality, with yields that can be ten times higher, per unit area, than those of motorized organic farming. This generous production is accompanied by a rapid increase in soil fertility. A micro-farm designed according to the Bec Hellouin approach is a carbon sink and a biodiversity oasis. More than any other book to date, this practical manual covers a wide range of subjects: growing vegetables and fruit, garden forests, small livestock, garden cereals, tools, designing a microfarm in all its aspects... It is aimed at all those, amateur or professional, who wish to create a natural, productive farm or garden. It will guide the first steps of beginners, and accompany seasoned professionals for years to come.

Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer - Éditions Actes Sud / Ferme du Bec Hellouin - 1048 pages