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Read more: What’s new here? A photo report on the projects we’re working on.We are very grateful for the invitation from the Plato Gallery in Ostrava to attend the unique ‘Soil and Dust’ conference. Our colleague Philip Barton gave a talk on the topic of syntropic agriculture and soil.
Following his lectures at the Czech University of Life Sciences and Mendel University, Philip’s engaging talk was thus able to reach an audience in Ostrava as well. We would like to thank the organisers for highlighting such an important topic as soil!
We are honoured to be working with Philip on a unique project at the Vodňanský Farm. Here, we are striving to identify regenerative and soil-improving practices, not only in hop production.
As well as sowing hop intercrops, the farm has also started producing several types of compost, with infusions and extracts, amongst other things, to follow.
We would like to thank the Vodňanský family for their openness and the whole farm team for their wonderful cooperation. We also appreciate the support from Mendel University in collecting data, and the sharing of expertise and products by Jaroslav Moudřík (Žížalica).
Philip’s one-day consultation at the Králíčkova biozelenina farm was really lovely.
With the help of people of all ages, we measured soil compaction to assess the effects of various agricultural practices on the soil.
Philip suggested simple methods for using locally available resources to make compost, tea and extracts that will help improve soil health.
We have managed to organise the first in-depth consultation on syntropic design in the Czech Republic.
The international organisation Terra Network has long been involved in the application of syntropic agriculture in Europe. Over the course of a few days, Felipe Amato and Lilly Schmidtlein carried out a site analysis, listened to the clients’ wishes and created a sophisticated, bespoke syntropic design.
From October 2026, a unique syntropic plantation will gradually take shape at the Kotrba family farm Jelen z Misek. It will focus on the diverse production of nuts, fruit, berries, herbs, spices and, initially, vegetables as well.
Part of the project will take place as part of the Foundational Workshop for the public in October. We’ll be publishing the invitation to the event soon. Places will be limited, so don’t miss out 😉
We’d like to thank Tadeáš Michalík from ReFarma for his interest in syntropic agriculture!
Given the size and focus of the farm, we recommended a consultation with Renke de Vries. Renke helped to assess the existing agroforestry plantings, answered questions and suggested ways of adapting to syntropic systems.
Thank you for inviting us to the consultation, and we’re keeping our fingers crossed for the continued development of this innovative and inspiring farm!
We would like to thank Renke, Mara, Philip, Felipe, the Vodňanský Farm and, above all, Mr Radek Pražan for their help and advice during our joint testing of the machine for preparing syntropic plantings.
A deep cultivator with a rotary tiller will help us to deeply loosen compacted soil whilst simultaneously aerating the top layer. This creates a strip into which we can very easily establish (not only) syntropic plantings and support their harmonious development.
Of course, we could not have achieved any of this without the kind support of Mr Tomáš Kozelek from NF Zeměkvět. We would like to thank Mr Radek Pražan from CARC for his tremendous work in designing the machine and for its precise implementation. The AMPI Association, led by Honza Valeška, provided us with administrative support and patient guidance throughout.
A big thank you to you all! We hope that, with the help of this tool, we’ll be able to give many trees a better start 😉
