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LA FERME DU SUCHEL - OASIS OF LIFE

Posted on April 15 2017

Categories: #oasis, #permaculture, #agroforestery

QUICK FACTS Where: Valsonne, in the Beaujolais region Who: Will, Julien, Chloe, Boris, Alexandre, Edouard, Manu When: April 9-10 Website: https://www.colibris-lemouvement.org/magazine/ferme-suchel-cinq-amis-redonnent-vie-beaujolais-vert The Roots: Le...

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LE FERME AGRO-LOGIQUE DE LAYAT - WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING

Posted on April 10 2017

Categories: #Exploration, #permaculture, #wwoofing, #organic farming, #agroecology

Rolling up the driveway to Ferme de Layat was in itself inspiring with its huge permaculture inspired Mandala Garden to our right and the 'old house' which has a 9K solar system installed on the roof directly in front of us. When we arrived Nat and Stéph...

LA FERME AGRO-LOGIQUE DE LAYAT - THE ROOTS

Posted on April 10 2017

Categories: #permaculture, #agroforestery, #organic farming, #wwoofing, #agroecology, #Project, #collective, #Bios

QUICK FACTS Where:Trezelles, Auvergne region The Farmers: Stéphane (Steph) & Natalie (Nat) The Project: Diversified agroecology based enterprise When: 20 march-7 April Websites: http://www.ferme-layat.com/; https://www.facebook.com/LayatAuvergne/ The...

ECO-LOGIS DE CHANTEGROLLE - OASIS OF LIFE

Posted on March 25 2017

Categories: #oasis, #permaculture

QUICK FACTS Where: Charente Limousine in Champagne-Mouton Who: Jean-Jacques and Maire When: Mar. 17-19 2017 Website: https://www.colibris-lafabrique.org/les-projets/eco-logis-de-chantegrolle The Roots: The Eco-Logis project is located on 5 ha of land...

Verger de Marais - The Roots

Posted on March 20 2017

Categories: #agroforestery, #organic farming, #permaculture, #agroecology, #biodynamic, #wwoofing, #Bios, #cepe, #mushrooms, #orchard, #chestnuts

QUICK FACTS Where: Near Bordeaux, Nouvelle Aquitaine Region The Farmer: Sylvie What she farms: Organic orchard with fruits, nuts, cèpe mushrooms and honey (40 ha) When: Mar. 5-17 2017 The Roots: Le Verger des Marais has a beautiful view of the neighboring...

Verger des Marais – What we’ve been doing!

Posted on March 20 2017

Categories: #agroforestery, #organic farming, #permaculture, #agroecology, #wwoofing, #Exploration, #kitchen, #cooking, #cèpe, #chestnut cream, #candiedchestnuts, #porcinis, #kiwis, #pruning, #frogslegs, #chestnutblight, #vergerdesmarais

In the orchard- One of our first tasks at Verger de Marais was to divide strawberries (from runners) to plant in the greenhouse. Sylvie told us the basic rule for strawberries is to cut the runners the first 3 years of production and let them grow the...

Ferme Du Lac - What we've been doing!

Posted on March 5 2017

Categories: #agroforestery, #biodynamic, #vegetable farming, #wwoofing, #organic farming, #permaculture, #agroecology, #Exploration

It is the beginning of the 2017 veggie season here in Aquitaine region, although it never really stops as the temperatures are pretty mild all winter. That said we started off the season seeding in the seedling greenhouse and planted an array of peppers...

Ferme Du Lac - The Roots

Posted on March 5 2017

Categories: #wwoofing, #agroecology, #permaculture, #biodynamic, #organic farming, #vegetable farming, #agroforestery, #Bios

QUICK FACTS Where: North of Bergerac, Nouvelle Aquitaine The Farmers: Basile & Anaïs and their family What They Grow: Organic diversified vegetable and fruit production (1ha) When: Feb. 18 - Mar. 4 2017 The Roots: Ferme du Lac is situated in the rural...

ABOUT US

Posted on March 1 2017

Categories: #Project, #Ecovillage, #agroforestery, #organic farming, #permaculture, #vegetable farming, #wwoofing, #circularity, #about us

We are two farmers/agroecologists. Laura is 34 years old and American and Agathe is 26 and French. We met in Norway in 2012 while pursuing a Masters of Science in Agroecology (https://www.nmbu.no/en/studies/study-options/master/master_of_science_in_agroecology/programme-structure)...

LE CHADOUX - OASIS OF LIFE

Posted on February 20 2017

Categories: #oasis, #agroforestery, #agroecology, #collective, #hedgerow

QUICK FACTS Let's go to the field! Where: Châteaubourg, Brittany Who: Pascal Coudray, Benoit, Marian, Dahovi, Sonia, and Pascal Pinsembert (the landscaper) What: Collaborative Farm Project When: 5-17 February Website: https://www.lechadoux.org/ The Roots:...