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complete ownership and care for one of the farm’s agricultural habitats for one year.
simply by planting seeds individually instead of in traditional clumps. For so many around the world, this ingenuity from ECHO can make all the difference in sustaining a family or community, and producing an economic benefit from which people can thrive. If you take the roughly two-hour tour, be sure to bring along a note pad, pencil and camera. There’s bound to be a plant or technique that you’ll want to remember, research or share with friends. Personable and approachable, the tour guides can provide a wealth of information about what intrigues and inspires.
Visitors to the farm can take a guided walking tour for a first-hand look at the creative small farming
techniques being applied in ways appropriate to the resources of seven different climates around the world, including tropical rainforest and lowlands to rocky climbs and dense urban spaces —and from a self- sustaining tilapia farm to a pig stall that lacks stench.
Some of the solutions may seem downright surprising, like growing thriving pepper plants with an old scrap of carpet and a five- gallon bucket.
Some of the solutions may seem downright surprising, like growing thriving pepper plants with an old scrap of carpet and a five-gallon bucket turned upside down — or how to double a rice yield
A can’t-miss at ECHO is the fascinating Appropriate Technology tour. Scientists explain
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