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Bullfrog Films
P.O. Box 149
Oley, PA 19547
Tel: 610/779-8226
Fax: 610/370-1978
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Circle of Plenty
John Jeavons demonstrates biointensive agriculture as a way to alleviate world hunger.
28 minutes
DVD-R version available
Color
Grade Level: 7-12, College, Adult
US Release Date: 1987
Copyright Date: 1987
ISBN (VHS): 1-56029-224-5
ISBN (DVD): 1-59458-755-8
Produced by Bette Jean Bullert and John de Graaf
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"Jeavons is...probably 10 to 15 years ahead of his time." Bob Bergland, former US Secretary of Agriculture
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Recognizing the impracticality of the "Green Revolution" for many of the world's starving peoples, John Jeavons and his co-workers at Common Ground have spent the last 26 years doing pioneering research to improve the yield of home gardens. He calls his technique biointensive agriculture. His goal is to produce the maximum amount of food from a small plot using the minimum amount of energy inputs and water. The results have been spectacular and offer real hope for solving at least part of the world hunger problem. There are biointensive projects underway in many developing countries, including Mexico where gardens are having a noticeable impact on the health of villagers in Tula.
The DVD version of this program is recorded on DVD-R which is not compatible with some older DVD players. See the new DVD page for more details.
Awards:
CINE Golden Eagle
Silver Plaque, Chicago Intl. Film Festival
Silver Medal, John Muir Medical Film Festival
Certificate of Merit, Religious Broadcasting Commission
Runner-Up, Chicagoland Educational Film Festival
Berlin Agricultural Film Festival
Reviews:
"Jeavons is...probably 10 to 15 years ahead of his time, but his time is coming...My guess is that we're going to see a lot of public research spent on things John Jeavons has been doing by himself."
Bob Bergland, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
"I strongly recommend CIRCLE OF PLENTY, not only because of the quality of the video and the subject content, but because it shows a workable solution to a major problem."
Journal of College Science Teaching
"The excitement of an individual's improved self-sufficiency and its implications for the Third World are captured."
Booklist
"CIRCLE OF PLENTY reminds us of the need to think small and local in our research and development projects."
G. Edward Schuh, Director, Agriculture and Rural Development, The World Bank
Related Subjects:
Agriculture
Developing World
Food And Nutrition
Gardening
Mexico
Sociology
Solutions
World Hunger
Related Titles:
Beyond Organic: A model of community supported agriculture in the midst of suburban sprawl.
Garden Song: Portrait of Alan Chadwick, inventor of the Biodynamic French Intensive Method of gardening.
Global Gardener: Permaculture helps people turn wastelands into food forests.
The Close to Nature Garden: Masanobu Fukuoka's ("The One Straw Revolution") unique approach to agricultural problems.
Science For Survival: Fusion of modern science with women's knowledge in India.
Sowing for Need or Sowing for Greed?: The connection between multinational chemical companies and the foods they want us to eat.
Seeds of Plenty, Seeds of Sorrow: The darker side of the Green Revolution.
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