Ernst Götsch's Syntropic Farming
There is no quick answer. We have to be honest and immediately warn that you won’t find a recipe ready to copy and paste here. Syntropic Agriculture (also described as successional agroforestry) is not a technology package that can be…
In this week’s video, we go deeper into a recurring subject: eucalyptus. This time, we talk about the dynamics of natural forest clearings, thermodynamics and a little of Viktor Schauberger’s work. The combination of all that assists us to understand…
The advantages of more sustainable agricultural methods have been widely studied. If we narrow down only to agroforestry systems – such as Syntropic Farming – we can list countless researches in different ecosystems that attest the benefits these practices offer,…
Collaboration: Dayana Andrade In this week’s article, we will answer one of the most recurring questions we get: “why do you like eucalyptus so much?”. To begin with, it’s important to say upfront that we don’t prefer eucalyptus more than…
Our current challenges Currently, food, wood and fiber production have altered the capacity of humans to survive on the planet, while at the same time these activities had a major impact on the rest of biological diversity. Agriculture is the…
We are proud to share with you that a project we started six months ago won a sustainability contest promoted by Galp Foundation, in Portugal. Thanks to the teacher Goretti from Santana de Cambas School, who applied for the prize,…
Hedgerows were a common element of any rural area before world war II and the popularity of barbed wire. An ancient practice lost with modern times at a high cost. We not only lose knowledge of hedgerow laying and management…
Hi everyone. This March 2019 we did a workshop with Ryan Botha and Karen De Vries in the south of Spain. They run a small farm called La Loma Viva. Thanks to their persistence and competence, they’ve been helping to…
First, to the content: The following figure, to which I have given the name of 15 PRINCIPLES, NAMED: ’TAO’ FOR OUR COMPREHENSION OF LIFE [ALTERNATIVE TO OUR ACTUAL CONCEPT, CONCERNING LIFE] is conceived in the form of a compendium, comprising…
EXPERIMENT OF CATTLE INTEGRATION IN A SYNTROPIC AGRICULTURE SYSTEM ON THE FARM “ESTRELA DALVA LAMARÃO” Authors: Luisa Nogueira Queiroz & Luciano Queiroz Neto Our experience with Syntropic Farming began in 2017, when we implemented the first module on the farm,…