AC4D program reps were privileged to receive a tour of the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project's farm and facilities.
To quote their website:
"The Jordan Valley Permaculture Project was established in March of 2008 to redevelop and revitalize arid lands in the Dead Sea Valley to establish a sustainable living environment that can fill the basic necessities of the underprivileged local community. The project demonstrates energy saving, sustainable living models that include:
- Waste water treatment done naturally with biological processes
- Diverse plant, tree and animal systems to sustain food production
- Composting (dry)
- Cooling systems (natural)
- A nursery for plants
- Rain water collection with earthwork
- Solar powered models for heating water and providing electricity."
The key practices that we took away from the ongoing work included
stepping the landscape to enhance infiltration of rain and irrigation water, multicropping to reduce nutrient leaching from soils and the extensive use of composting to build soil structure and reduce evaporation. Below are pics of each of these key concepts as they are practiced at the site.
Courses in permaculture are being offered several times per year.
To quote their website:
"The Jordan Valley Permaculture Project was established in March of 2008 to redevelop and revitalize arid lands in the Dead Sea Valley to establish a sustainable living environment that can fill the basic necessities of the underprivileged local community. The project demonstrates energy saving, sustainable living models that include:
- Waste water treatment done naturally with biological processes
- Diverse plant, tree and animal systems to sustain food production
- Composting (dry)
- Cooling systems (natural)
- A nursery for plants
- Rain water collection with earthwork
- Solar powered models for heating water and providing electricity."
The key practices that we took away from the ongoing work included
stepping the landscape to enhance infiltration of rain and irrigation water, multicropping to reduce nutrient leaching from soils and the extensive use of composting to build soil structure and reduce evaporation. Below are pics of each of these key concepts as they are practiced at the site.
Courses in permaculture are being offered several times per year.
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| Eggplant being grown alongside onion and carrots. Note extensive use of mulch. |
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| A composting tub allows for careful control of temperature during decomposition |
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| Land stepping allows for enhanced infiltration of both rainwater and irrigation water |
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