Sepp Holzer
Sepp Holzer | |
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Born |
Ramingstein, Austria | July 24, 1942
Residence | Austria |
Fields | Permaculture, Agroforestry |
Josef "Sepp" Holzer (born July 24, 1942 in Ramingstein, Province of Salzburg, Austria) is a farmer, an author, and an international consultant for natural agriculture. After an upbringing in a traditional Catholic rural family, he took over his parents' mountain farm business in 1962 and pioneered the use of ecological farming, or permaculture, techniques at high altitudes (1100 to 1500 meters above sea level)[1] after being unsuccessful with regular farming methods.
Holzer was called the "rebel farmer" because he persisted, despite being fined and even threatened with prison[2] for practices such as not pruning his fruit trees.
Current work
He is currently (2010) still conducting permaculture ("Holzer Permaculture") seminars both at his Krameterhof farm and worldwide, while continuing to work on his alpine farm.
He is author of several books, works nationally as permaculture-activist in the established agricultural industry, and works internationally as adviser for ecological agriculture.[3] He is the subject of the film The Agricultural Rebel directed by Bertram Verhaag.[4]
See also
- Bill Mollison
- David Holmgren
- Geoff Lawton
- Joel Salatin
- Paul Wheaton
- Toby Hemenway
- Natural farming
- Ralph Borsodi
- Scott Nearing
- Masanobu Fukuoka
References
- ↑ "Holzer´sche Permakultur - Permakultur with Sepp Holzer". Der Krameterhof. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
- ↑ "Permaculture Miracles in the Austrian Mountains". Celsias.com. 2008-03-23. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
- ↑ "About Sepp Holzer" (PDF).
- ↑ "The Agro Rebel". denkmal-film.com. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
External links
- Holzer Permaculture
- Reuter News Service article
- richsoil.com article Sepp Holzer's Permaculture
- Amazon.com <English> List of Books by Sepp Holzer
- Amazon.de <Deutsch/German> List of Books by Sepp Holzer