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Mars Farm

Posted by jack On March - 28 - 2010

“No Agriculture Without Trees”

Was my favorite saying from Beny, the owner of Mars Farm. Beny had spent his younger years traveling about the world, sometimes by bicycle, to learn about agriculture to own his own farm. Coincidental as I had not really talked much with this guy prior to coming to his farm. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Fukuoka Way

Posted by jack On March - 28 - 2010

A bit about Fukuoka Farming

“The reason that man’s “improved” (farming) techniques seem to be necessary is that the natural balance has been so badly upset beforehand by those same techniques that the land has become dependent on them.” From “One Straw Revolution” by Masanubo Fukuoka Read the rest of this entry »

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Francing it up

Posted by jack On March - 12 - 2010

I got interviewed by the organization I rode across America with last summer! These guys are doing good things. Check out their site at: www.bike-america.org

Not what I Expected

The next contact I was headed for turned out to be spice dealers. Not the farmers as my friend had described to me. Never the less they turned out to be great hosts for the two weeks that I stayed with them. They had horses, ferocious geese that wanted to spill my blood across the rocky soil, chickens, and Read the rest of this entry »

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Return to Europe

Posted by jack On March - 12 - 2010

Lalla Takerkouste to Tangier

Riding from Tangier to Lalla Takerkouste, all 700km of it, was a great experience in a lot of ways. However my monthly tolerance for near death experiences was exceeded on a daily basis. So for the journey back I decided to take the train. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hamburg to Umeå

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Belgium to Hamburg

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De Bereklauw

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