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Newsletter (NL 2025-05) – Common threads through successful Vetiver applications are motivated individuals and communities / VGT showcased at a premier international conference for geosciences

Contents Toggle A 15-Year-Old Case Study Of How Low-Cost Vetiver Grass Technology Can Turn A Fragile Landscape Into A Resilient, Income-Generating Asset.Mukti’s Vetiver Bio-shields: Community-Powered Resilience in the SundarbansHow hard can it be? A case of “self-teaching”Community-led Vetiver adoption slashes...
Jim Smyle
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Newsletter (NL 2025-04) – Pan American Vetiver conference, field feedback, and more

Pre-Announcement: PanAmerican Vetiver System Conference – Veracruz, Mexico, November 2025 — Building a Sustainable Future for the Americas with the Vetiver System This event will explore the transformative potential of the Vetiver System (VS) in addressing critical sustainability challenges across…

Dick Grimshaw
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Newsletter — Vetiver related soil moisture, Development aid, Vetiver service companies, Social Media platforms, New webmaster. (NL2025-03)

Vetiver enhances soil moisture.   Measuring soil moisture: Last week I received a couple of photos of soil moisture readings from a farm at Marsabit, (northern Kenya). There had been no significant rainfall since 2023, the most recent was in…

Dick Grimshaw
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Watershed restoration using the Vetiver System.

In many parts of the world, villages and their inhabitants are closely connected to the surrounding landscapes, often sharing ownership. Typically, issues related to soil erosion and water pollution are addressed as either agricultural/forestry or urban problems, each requiring different…

Dick Grimshaw
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Newsletter – Vetiver Secrets, Soil Health, Wastewater, Forage (NL 2025-01)

The Secrets of Vetiver. As research is carried out on various attributes and applications of vetiver we are coming to learn how the plant functions and what it can do. A recent Chinese study “Reshaping the microenvironment and bacterial community…

Dick Grimshaw
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