How to Grow More Vegetables

culture in northern Iran raised one person’s calories with
just 20 hours of work a year—20 minutes a day for 60
days. Their staple crop was einkorn hornemanni, Early
Stone Age wheat—the second most simple wheat and the
first spelt wheat.
Calories are the most challenging nutritional element
to grow in the smallest area with the least labor, and this
culture found one solution. Any missing vitamins and
minerals can be grown to complement the calories in a
relatively small area and amount of time in the form of
vegetables and soft fruits.
We as humans are part of the Earth’s nutrient cycle,
just as the plants and animals are. The Earth welcomes
us by creating what we need. Trees are a wonderful
example. They absorb our carbon dioxide and give us
back oxygen to breathe. As we become more aware of
and attuned to our place in the circle of life, it will seem
natural to plant carbon-producing crops that also
produce calories. In this way our crops give life back to
the Earth that has fed us. As we become more
responsible for our place in this exciting nutrient Mow,
we will want to grow all of our diet.
Consider getting together with ve friends and
becoming involved in GROW BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable
Mini-Farming and/or other sustainable food-raising
practices. The Mayan culture practiced biologically-
intensive food-raising as neighborhoods. In such a way
we can make a signicant di:erence in the world, one
small area at a time!