About Syntropic Farming
What?
It is an innovative and regenerative farming approach that emulates the structure and functions of natural ecosystems. It is based on principles of ecology and biomimicry.
Syntropic agriculture seeks to create harmonious and diversified agricultural systems by optimizing and accelerating life processes that occur in the natural regeneration of soils and ecosystems.
The term “syntropy” refers to the ordering principle in nature, where energy flows are directed towards increasing complexity and organization.
Why?
It has a giant potential to create more sustainable, resilient, and regenerative agricultural systems.
It enhances soil fertility, increase biodiversity and ecosystem health, enhances climate resilience and reduces input dependency. It is a carbon sequestration system, leads to food security, regenerates degraded land and helps in water management. It is adaptable to different natural and socio-cultural ecosystems and can be economically viable.
How?
Syntropic farming challenges conventional agriculture by focusing on cooperation rather than competition.
Through layered and stratified planting, succession and staging, mulching and biomass, plant biodiversity, minimal soil disturbance, increasing nutrient cycling, acceleration of natural succession and regenerative soil building, we could grow food and other products, while having beneficial effects on the land.
What if?
Imagine a world where agricultural systems and the environment thrive together. Biodiversity flourishes, attracting diverse beneficial organisms, improving pollination, and ecosystem health. Extensive tree planting aids climate change mitigation, while dense vegetation reduces runoff and soil erosion, benefiting water availability and quality. Enhanced crop variety, grown using the same principles that occur in the natural regeneration of soils and ecosystems, bolster resilient food production, nurturing both our families and ecosystems. Syntropic farming also sparks economic opportunities, empowering farmers, communities, students, trainees, and sustainable industries.
“Life as a whole on our planet constitutes one macro-organism. Its entire functioning corresponds to that of an organism: all is connected and interdependent.”
— Ernst Gotsch