Emilia Hazelip
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Emilia Hazelip was a Catalan
organic gardener, former Merry Prankster
, and pioneer of the concept of synergistic gardening
. Her farming methods were inspired by Masanobu Fukuoka
after reading his book; "The One-Straw Revolution" in 1977 after it was first translated into English
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Catalan people
The Catalans or Catalonians are the people from, or with origins in, Catalonia that form a historical nationality in Spain. The inhabitants of the adjacent portion of southern France are sometimes included in this definition...
organic gardener, former Merry Prankster
Merry Pranksters
The Merry Pranksters were a group of people who formed around American author Ken Kesey in 1964 and sometimes lived communally at his homes in California and Oregon...
, and pioneer of the concept of synergistic gardening
Synergistic gardening
Synergistic gardening is a system of organic gardening, developed by Emilia Hazelip, and based on the work of Masanobu Fukuoka. The approach is a type of permaculture. After establishing the garden, there is no further digging, ploughing or tilling, and no use of external inputs such as manures and...
. Her farming methods were inspired by Masanobu Fukuoka
Masanobu Fukuoka
was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his natural farming and re-vegetation of desertified lands. He was a proponent of no-till, no-herbicide grain cultivation farming methods traditional to many indigenous cultures, from which he created a particular method of farming, commonly...
after reading his book; "The One-Straw Revolution" in 1977 after it was first translated into English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
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