Zuzana Špaková
Syntropic agriculture at EURAF

Picture: Zuzana Špaková, vice-chair of the Czech Society for Agroforestry, and Bastian Pellhammer from Ecotop-consult (photo: Andrea Špaková www.andreaspak.com)

On 27-31 May 2024, the Czech Republic had the honour of hosting the 7th European Agroforestry Conference EURAF. It takes place every 2 years and this year its preparation was undertaken by CSAL (Czech Society for Agroforestry), Mendel University in Brno and others. Thank you very much to everyone who participated in the demanding preparations and the rich programme!

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EURAF – what we have prepared for you

A year ago, when our small circle of people started to make plans to bring the revolutionary ideas of synthetic agriculture to our country, we never imagined that we would soon be able to bring them directly into the awareness of agroforesters across Europe through EURAF.

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Renke consultation
Visit of Renke de Vries to the Czech Republic

Just before the Christmas holidays, Renke de Vries, a consultant and designer of temperate syntropic agriculture from northern Germany, accepted our invitation to visit the Czech Republic. Renke studied International Forest Ecosystem Management in Eberswalde, Germany, holds a permaculture design certificate and is also a graduate of arborist training. He currently works as a professional arborist and consultant for agroforestry systems throughout Europe. In 2018, he met the owner of Gut und Bösel Farm, Benedikt Bösel, at a conference in Berlin, on whose recommendation he went to Brazil for a three-month internship in early 2019 to meet the founder of synthropic agriculture, the Swiss Ernst Götsch. In the same year, he had already established the first 3 hectares of synthetic plantings on the Gut und Bösel farm, with the aim of applying the principles of synthetic farming, tested in the tropics, to the temperate climate of Brandenburg, near Berlin.

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