Vegetable Farming & Soil Health Education – William DeMille, Author & Instructor

Episode 67 March 20, 2023 00:27:03
Vegetable Farming & Soil Health Education – William DeMille, Author & Instructor
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Vegetable Farming & Soil Health Education – William DeMille, Author & Instructor

Mar 20 2023 | 00:27:03

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Show Notes

William DeMille is a lifelong vegetable farmer. William studied for two years of Horticulture and Agronomy at Northwest Missouri University, Maryville. He holds two certificates in aquaponic engineering and production from Cornell University NY, and from GrowHaus Aquaponics, in CO.  He also graduated from Dr. Elaine Ingham’s Soil Food Web School. 

 William is a farm consultant who helped establish several agricultural startups in Missouri, Oregon, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada.  He is currently the Director of Georgic Development for Monticello College in Utah.

 In 2021 he started his own grassroots school at his home in Clover Valley, Nevada teaching soil health and vegetable production, which trains people how to grow food without fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides etc.  Gardening With William DeMille school includes a 3-day Boot Camp class for all ages and for college-aged students; he teaches an advanced 17-week class each summer to train new farmers in vegetable production. William owns and operates a soil testing laboratory and has a YouTube channel about farming. He is growing his Patreon channel, helping people grow food, and holds a weekly free online Q&A on Thursday evenings. 

 William lives with his wife, Vernie Lynn DeMille, in the snow-capped mountains of Northern Nevada. They homeschooled their 4 children, and have one grandchild.  William can be contacted at:

www.georgicrevolution.com

 

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