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Sepp Holzer
Born (1942-07-24) July 24, 1942 (age 81)
Ramingstein, Austria
Known forPermaculture, agroforestry
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 (1,100 to 1,500 meters (3,600 to 4,900 ft)[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

As of 2010, 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

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Holzer´sche Permakultur - Permakultur with Sepp Holzer". Der Krameterhof. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  2. ^ "Agrarrebell Sepp Holzer zu Gast in der ORF Sendung "Barbara Karlich"". YouTube. 2020-08-11. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  3. ^ "Permaculture Miracles in the Austrian Mountains". Celsias.com. 2008-03-23. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  4. ^ "About Sepp Holzer" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-08-16.
  5. ^ "The Agro Rebel". denkmal-film.com. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  6. ^ "Permaculture Now! - Desert or Paradise". Stocker Leopold Verlag. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Wüste oder Paradies: Holzer´sche Permakultur jetzt!". Stocker Leopold Verlag. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  8. ^ "SEPP HOLZER'S PERMACULTURE:3 Films About Permaculture Farming". Green Planet Films. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: 3 Films About Permaculture Farming". Green Planet Films. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: 3 films about Permaculture Farming". Kanopy Streaming. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

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