Ernst Götsch's Syntropic Farming
At the beginning of February, Ernst Götsch was in Portugal to implement the lines of trees in a complex system that includes apple trees, plums, blueberries, grapes, lemon, blackberry, ash, poplar, strawberries, and short-cycle vegetables. When it gets a little…
More than mulch, Syntropic Agriculture proposes that the soil always remains occupied by growing species. The advantages are numerous: optimization of photosynthesis, soil life chain stimulation, constant input of organic matter, and above all, the complete independence of herbicides. In…
Among 500 coffee samples from 20 Brazilian regions, the coffee from producer Wilians Valério, from Recanto dos Tucanos received the Best Coffee of the Year 2019 award. The contest is one of the most important in the Brazilian scenario and the selection…
You have already seen here our experience report on the implementation of syntropic school gardens. We also have shared the theoretical foundation behind this initiative and some reflections derived from the practice. Soon after the first year of the project,…
If you have been to one of Ernst Götsch’s workshops or presentations for the past years, you’ve probably heard him talking about his ideas for new machines – an essential step to up-scale the implementation and management of complex agroecosystems.…
Ernst Götsch presented his ideas in a conference dedicated to Syntropic Farming in Mértola, Portugal, in November 2018. As we promised, after one year we would make it available to all. Here they are, the full videos of the 2-day…
Stones in the field are often a huge problem, and the standard solution is to remove them. But Ernst Götsch has a new suggestion: plant them! The idea of burying the stones is mainly related to three aspects. First is…
* In Portuguese only. If you want to see the video below subtitled and have some time to help us out, we would appreciate it 🙂 Em setembro de 2019 estive em Goiás/Brasil e aproveitei a oportunidade para conversar com…
In “Perennials,” Ernst Götsch brings back memories of his childhood and his family’s eating habits. But, along with reviving flavors and varieties of countless fruits, leaves, herbs, and roots, Ernst also unfolds a sensitive anthropological thread that reveals much about…
The renowned scientist Antonio Nobre and the farmer and researcher Ernst Götsch met for many enriching conversations about climate change and agricultural models for the Amazon. One of these meetings took place at the Federal University of Western Pará’s experimental…