{"id":13533,"date":"2018-09-09T19:44:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T19:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeinsyntropy.org\/?p=13533"},"modified":"2018-09-09T19:44:58","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T19:44:58","slug":"syntropic-farming-in-southern-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/en\/syntropic-farming-in-southern-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Syntropic Farming in southern Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"min-height: 30px;\"><input id=\"13533\" style=\"float: left;max-width: 50px;\" src=\"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-advanced-pdf\/asset\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"#TB_inline?height=230&amp;width=400&amp;inlineId=examplePopup1\" title=\"Export pdf to your Email\" class=\"thickbox export-pdf\" type=\"image\" value=\"Export to PDF\" \/><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13533\" class=\"elementor elementor-13533 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b0eb59 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0b0eb59\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0741ab\" data-id=\"a0741ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9d6db4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9d6db4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Ernst G\u00f6tsch<\/strong> went to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalomaviva.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Loma Viva<\/a> for the first time in the beginning of 2016. After that, <strong>Ryan Botha<\/strong> flew to Brazil to spend some time with us to understand syntropic farming better and to practice with other farmers. After getting back home, Ryan and his life partner\u00a0<strong>Karen De Vries\u00a0<\/strong>decided to start new plots. Ernst returned in 2017 for the first workshop and implementation, aiming to help them deal with the harsh conditions of southern Spain.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1c2b1b elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"f1c2b1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/288909874?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=1#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdfeda1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdfeda1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>La Loma Viva&#8217;s location is strategic and has the potential to send an important message. Before our eyes reach the beautiful mediterranean sea, there is another ocean, not so pretty, covering <strong>52 square kilometers of plastic greenhouses<\/strong> &#8211; so huge astronauts can see it from space.\u00a0 They are not only highly pollutant and unsustainable but also submit workers to brutal conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c15fe66 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c15fe66\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2336c64\" data-id=\"2336c64\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-019d144 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"019d144\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/life-in-syntropy-la-loma-plastic2018-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/life-in-syntropy-la-loma-plastic2018-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/life-in-syntropy-la-loma-plastic2018-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/life-in-syntropy-la-loma-plastic2018-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/life-in-syntropy-la-loma-plastic2018-270x152.jpg 270w, https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/life-in-syntropy-la-loma-plastic2018-570x321.jpg 570w, https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/life-in-syntropy-la-loma-plastic2018-740x416.jpg 740w, https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/life-in-syntropy-la-loma-plastic2018.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The small village of Los Gualchos and a part of the famous sea of greenhouses<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba2cdd1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba2cdd1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6da4b53\" data-id=\"6da4b53\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-377bcd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"377bcd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>La Loma Viva emerges as an oasis of hope and gives us an excellent example of how it&#8217;s possible to grow plastic-free food without damaging the ecosystem. <strong>Quite the contrary, helping it restore its fertility and capacity to retain water.<\/strong><\/p><p>We are very proud of Ryan and Karen&#8217;s already beautiful and productive Mediterranean little forest. In March, Ursula Arztmann and I went there to see the areas and to facilitate the workshop <strong>&#8220;Building a common language for Syntropic Farming.&#8221;<\/strong> Although we were still experiencing a late winter, we were impressed with the health of the system and the soil. By the way, thanks to both for sending extra footage after the spring to finish the little clip above.<\/p><p>Interested in visiting La Loma Viva? Check out their work and events on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalomaviva.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.lalomaviva.com<\/a>.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf01921 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf01921\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76bbf5b\" data-id=\"76bbf5b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7ed07f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b7ed07f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"770\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/life-in-syntropy-la-loma-workshop-2018.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/life-in-syntropy-la-loma-workshop-2018.jpg 997w, https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/life-in-syntropy-la-loma-workshop-2018-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/life-in-syntropy-la-loma-workshop-2018-370x223.jpg 370w, https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/life-in-syntropy-la-loma-workshop-2018-270x162.jpg 270w, https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/life-in-syntropy-la-loma-workshop-2018-570x343.jpg 570w, https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/life-in-syntropy-la-loma-workshop-2018-740x445.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Workshop \"Building a common language for Syntropic Farming\", in March 2018 at La Loma Viva<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ernst G\u00f6tsch 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. After getting back home, Ryan and his life partner\u00a0Karen De Vries\u00a0decided to start new plots. 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