Sepp Holzer


Josef "Sepp" Holzer 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 pioneered the use of ecological farming, or permaculture, techniques at high altitudes ( after being unsuccessful with regular farming methods.
Holzer was called the "rebel farmer" because he persisted, despite being fined and even threatened with prison for practices such as not pruning his fruit trees.

Current work

, he was still conducting 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.
He is the subject of the film The Agricultural Rebel, directed by Bertram Verhaag.

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