Articles, interviews and programmes about Ernst Götsch and syntropic farming, newest first.
Ernst Götsch – The ‘Crazy Guy’ That Revived a Rainforest
A profile of Ernst Götsch and of the farm in southern Bahia that became a productive forest again, without irrigation or fertilisers.
Políticas públicas para expansão da agrofloresta na Bahia geram debate
By Miriam Hermes
Bahia’s first state seminar on agroforestry, in Poções, opened by Ernst Götsch.
Renascer: quem é o agricultor que inspirou o personagem José Inocêncio
By Beatriz Queiroz
Ernst Götsch was a reference for the lead character in the remake of the TV Globo telenovela Renascer.
See also: O Povo
Interview from Heart & Soil Magazine
Video interview for The Soil Summit 2024, hosted by Heart & Soil Magazine.
Swiss agronomist turns monoculture into organic farming
By Mirela Tavares and Balz Rigendinger
A profile of Ernst Götsch and of large-scale farmers’ growing interest in the method.
Also in: Portuguese, German, French, Spanish
Farm Rebellion — S1:E4 “Garden of Eden”
Benedikt Bösel visits Ernst Götsch in Brazil, in an episode of the documentary series Farm Rebellion.
Ernst Götsch: “Podemos plantar água, também em Portugal, basta mudar as leis”
An interview in which Ernst argues that water can be “planted” in Portugal too.
How can syntropic farming benefit coffee production?
How syntropic farming can be applied to coffee production.
Agricultor suíço vem “plantando água” na Bahia há 40 anos; entenda
By Rafael Arbulu
How four decades of management transformed degraded land in southern Bahia.
Ernst Götsch: o agricultor suíço que ensina a ‘plantar água’ na Bahia
By João Fellet and Felix Lima
A report from Ernst’s farm in southern Bahia and from the semi-arid region, on bringing forest back to land undergoing desertification.
‘A gente fecha os olhos porque é mais fácil’, defende Ernst Gotsch
By Fernanda Santana
An interview on individual responsibility, forests and how civilisations moved away from them.
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In syntropic agriculture, farmers stop fighting nature and learn to embrace it
Large Brazilian farmers’ interest in syntropic farming, and the challenges of taking it to scale.
Agricultura sintrópica: uma resposta às mudanças climáticas
An article in issue 8 of the Portuguese National Rural Network magazine.
Beyond Agroforestry? An Introduction to Syntropic Farming
By Julia Ruff
An introduction to the method and to its use in temperate and Mediterranean climates too.
Der geplante Urwald in Brasilien
By Sandra Weiss
The cocoa of Ernst Götsch’s farm in southern Bahia, grown in a planned forest.
Syntropy
A report on syntropic farming in Portugal, from minute 9.
Syntropic farming
An episode following Ernst Götsch’s visit to Montemor-o-Novo and the recovery of burnt land.
Ernst Götsch: el creador de la verdadera revolución verde
By Inez de Oliveira
A profile of Ernst Götsch and of the method he developed to restore degraded land while producing food.
Conheça a agricultura sintrópica
A TV report introducing the method created by Ernst Götsch.
Em respeito à natureza
By Talissa Monteiro
Syntropic farming as a sustainable alternative for food production.
Floresta de alimentos
By Vivane Tagushi
Cover story of issue 370: Ernst Götsch’s syntropic farming, which inspired the telenovela Velho Chico.
A revolução da floresta
By Felipe Floresti
A farming technique that copies nature, without pesticides or fertilisers.
‘Velho Chico’ injeta sustentabilidade no melodrama, com eficácia
Sustainability in TV Globo’s telenovela Velho Chico.
Jovens largam bons empregos na cidade para se tornarem agricultores
Young people who left the city for farming and went to learn from Ernst Götsch.
Prêmio Trip Transformadores 2015
Ernst Götsch among the honourees of the Trip Transformadores award.
Interview with Dayana Andrade and Felipe Pasini of Life in Syntropy
An interview about the film Life in Syntropy.
Der Prediger mit der Kettensäge
By Ruedi Leuthold
A profile of Ernst Götsch in the Swiss newspaper. The original page is no longer online.