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Successional Agroforestry in the temperate and Mediterranean climates with Namaste Messerschmidt
This is the second article sharing the work and life of Namaste Messerschmidt as a successional agroforestry teacher and consultant. This time we explore Namaste’s teaching approach and how he
Namaste Messerschmidt and how the Landless Movement inspired the successional agroforestry revolution in Brazil
Last month I recorded a podcast with Namaste Messerschmidt, one of the most engaged young Brazilians teaching successional agroforestry internationally. Namaste, who had a solid and early beginning attending one of
Successional Agroforestry Systems and Family Agriculture in Brazil with Dr. Walter Steenbock
Early March I had the pleasure to chat with Dr. Walter Steenbock for an interview at the Impacto Positivo podcast, a project I’m producing and hosting for the Brazilian audience.
Applying Keyline to Successional Agroforestry
Despite sharing most of the principles backing all regenerative approaches, successional agroforestry was devised in Brazil strongly influenced by the work of Ersnt Gotsch and is broadly known and practiced
Ernst Gotsch’s Strata System and the Permaculture Food Forest
Many experienced permaculturists and foresters, at first, dismiss successional agroforestry. They usually think that this approach is simply another take on Agroforestry Systems (AFS) or of the Permaculture Food Forest
Notes on the implementation of a Successional Agroforestry plot
The notes below are a guideline for the implementation of a successional agroforestry plot. They are, by no means, a ‘how to’ check list. Instead these reflections are our way
Joel Salatin’s Egg Mobile System
The main function of the Egg Mobile System is to improve pastures using the egg mobile following. In this case the chicken system moves into a paddock 3 days after
Ernst Gotsch and the lesson of Phenomenological Time
This article is based on one of Ernst Gotsch’s anecdotes about how he learnt the notion of phenomenological time from the Pygmies of arid Namibia in Africa. The linear notion
The Philosophy Behind Successional Agroforestry
Ernst Gotsch, one of the main contributors to the successional agroforestry movement in Brazil, emphasises in his teachings that the human being is not the most intelligent animal in the