Greenpeace Experimental Farm
Organization profile published 1979

Publisher:  R.R. 1, Denman Island, Canada
Year Published:  1979  
Resource Type:  Organization
Cx Number:  CX954

Greenpeace Experimental Farm, part of 60 acres of agricultural and forest land on Denman Island, B.C., was established (1974) to provide a milieu for developing techniques that can lead to comfortable material lifestyles and restore and preserve the environment.

Abstract: 
Greenpeace Experimental Farm, part of 60 acres of agricultural and forest land on Denman Island, B.C., was established (1974) to provide a milieu for developing techniques that can lead to comfortable material lifestyles and restore and preserve the environment.

The Farm runs a 10 week living-working-study program (mid-June to August) for six to ten ecologically aware persons of post senior secondary school age to learn about living in harmony with the land. Subjects covered include basic applied ecology; manual skills and proper use of tools; organic gardening towards self-sufficiency; small-scale natural energy sources; microclimatology. A fee of $900. is charged for the 10 week period. Daylong, weekend, and 1 week seminars, workshops and short courses can be arranged for groups upon request.

Tom Land, work-study "boss," recently made the Farm's submission to the People's Food Commission. His paper develops the potential role of multipurpose tree farming towards balanced species, rather than monocultures. Such an addition to present agricultural practices "can enhance conventional crop production, release large amounts of grain and leguminous crops for direct human consumption by replacing them with stock feeds that grow on trees, increase agricultural productivity, provide biofuels for farm energy needs… and not only prevent environmental deterioration but reclaim exhausted or eroded land as well."


See also CX435.