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From 26. to 28. June 2024 we took part in the 10th Living Knowlegde conference at the University of Girona (Spain), where we presented our permaculture project. If you click on the poster image, you can download a higher resolution image (PNG, 7 MiB), with readable text:-) Additionally you can read an earlier, more detailed text about Finca Leukeña here, and the briefer abstract submitted to the conference follows:

We report on an agricultural project (Finca Leukeña) in the far south of Spain, in which a bare, dry avocado plantation has been transformed into a fertile food forest since 2015. This transformation is guided by the principles of permaculture, which aims at PERMAnent, agriCULTURurally productive ecosystems. This includes techniques like mulching, green manure, fermentation, charcoal, terra preta. These are applicable regardless of the climate zone and, thanks to their simplicity, accessible to all gardeners. mehr »