animal manure should be used as a fertilizer/compost supplement. Promotion In 2010, the UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification) posted an article detailing the benefits of biointensive agriculture, Grow Biointensive System, a tool to fight against desertification. See also Biodynamic agriculture Jean-Martin Fortier Biointensive Agriculture in Fouta Djallon Organic farming Permaculture Regenerative agriculture Southside Community Land Trust – city farm in located in Providence, Rhode Island, which uses the biointensive method. Sustainable agriculture Sustainable intensive agriculture References Further reading Carol Cox, John Jeavons, The Sustainable Vegetable Garden: A Backyard Guide to Healthy Soil and Higher Yields External links Ecology Action, Willits, CA John Jeavons In addition to Ecology Action, which provides public outreach in the form of workshops, internship and apprenticeship programs, and public tours of their biointensive research mini-farm in Willits, CA, examples of groups and organizations around the world that use and teach biointensive techniques are: Biointensive Agriculture Center of Kenya (G-BIACK) Manor House Agricultural Centre (MHAC), also in Kenya Common Ground for Africa (CGA) Las Canadas in Aguascalientes, Mexico Ecología y Población A.C. (ECOPOL) in Mexico Biointensive for Russia (BfR) Comunidad Biointensiva – a Spanish-language social networking site for people interested in biointensive agriculture and sustainability. Ecology Action's Spanish-language website: The Salt Lake City Green Program which maps the city's farmable land and uses biointensive as a reference point to enable its residents to determine how much food their land can produce. The Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food System Organic farming