Ernst Götsch's Syntropic Farming
In the center of Brazil, at the heart of the agribusiness region, we find a group of large-scale producers not so conventional. GAS (Sustainable Agriculture Group) is composed by pioneers who decided to innovate by adapting their crops to a…
Ernst Götsch went to La Loma Viva for the first time in the beginning of 2016. After that, Ryan Botha flew to Brazil to spend some time with us to understand syntropic farming better and to practice with other farmers.…
WATER CAN BE PLANTED! Ernst Götsch made this statement in our videos and since then this catchy phrase has spread out! But was that just a motto? Or is there any foundation? What did he say before and after that?…
Hello dear members. This week we would like to share with you an excerpt from an interview in which Ernst describes his hypothesis about the motives behind the tendency of our species to push forests away. After the end of…
In the first part of this article, we described a little about another perspective of the use of grasses in agriculture. This time we want to share with you three other real-life experiences in Syntropic Farming that we had the…
Agriculture is by far the most innovative and revolutionary activity humankind ever engaged. It shaped all corners of our existence and defined how we perceive the natural world. Through agriculture, we changed the planet in a way no species has…
Since we met Ernst’s work, we are growing our commitment to provide information about this innovative way of farming. Thanks to many partners and to a growing audience (and above all, to our dear followers and supporters of the membership…
In this video exclusive to members, we show a management of a syntropic garden at Fazenda São Sebastião (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil).
In this video exclusive to members, Ernst shows how to select and plant the cassava correctly, and also discuss its role in the system. Cassava is part of almost every consortia of plants in the tropics. In Syntropic Farming, we…
Since we met Ernst’s work, we are growing our commitment to provide information about this innovative way of farming. Thanks to many partners and to a growing audience (and above all, to our dear followers and supporters of the membership…