Sepp Holzer Explained
thumb|260px|A rainwater harvesting landscape designed by Holzer in Tamera, Portugal
Josef "Sepp" Holzer (born July 24, 1942, in Ramingstein, State 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 became well known for his use of ecological farming, or permaculture, techniques at high altitudes ([1] after being unsuccessful with regular farming methods.
Holzer was called the "agricultural rebel" by the Austrian biologist Bernd Lötsch (de)[2] because he persisted, despite being fined and even threatened with prison[3] for practices such as not pruning his fruit trees.
Current work
, he was 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.[4]
He is the subject of the film The Agro Rebel, directed by Bertram Verhaag.[5]
Bibliography
- Sepp Holzer: The Rebel Farmer (2002)
- Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale, Integrative Farming and Gardening (2011)
- Desert or Paradise: Restoring Endangered Landscapes Using Water Management, Including Lake and Pond Construction (2012)
Filmography
- Permaculture Now! - Desert or Paradise? (2013)[6] [7]
- Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: 3 Films About Permaculture Farming (2015)[8] [9] [10]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Holzer´sche Permakultur - Permakultur with Sepp Holzer . Der Krameterhof . 2011-08-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728112040/http://krameterhof.at/en/index.php?id=holzersche_permakultur . 2011-07-28 .
- Web site: Agrarrebell Sepp Holzer zu Gast in der ORF Sendung "Barbara Karlich" . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/_cvop3flsoE . 2021-12-15 . live. 2020-08-11 . YouTube . 2021-02-09.
- Web site: Permaculture Miracles in the Austrian Mountains . Celsias.com . 2008-03-23 . 2011-08-08 . dead . https://archive.today/20120731033759/http://www.celsias.com/article/permaculture-miracles-in-the-austrian-mountains/ . 2012-07-31 .
- Web site: About Sepp Holzer. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090816151512/http://friendsofthecarboncanyon.org/Documents/About_Sepp_Holzer.pdf. 2009-08-16.
- Web site: The Agro Rebel. denkmal-film.com. 28 April 2010.
- Web site: Permaculture Now! - Desert or Paradise. Stocker Leopold Verlag. 7 May 2020.
- Web site: Wüste oder Paradies: Holzer´sche Permakultur jetzt!. Stocker Leopold Verlag. 7 May 2020.
- Web site: SEPP HOLZER'S PERMACULTURE:3 Films About Permaculture Farming. Green Planet Films. 7 May 2020.
- Web site: Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: 3 Films About Permaculture Farming. Green Planet Films. 7 May 2020.
- Web site: Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: 3 films about Permaculture Farming. Kanopy Streaming. 7 May 2020.