Episodes
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Propagate is a leader in the agroforestry space, specialising in project development and planting agroforestry systems at scale. It's a huge pleasure to chat with Harry, co-founder and Chief Research Officer of the US-based company. Tune in as we geek out on agroforestry economics, economic modelling, design implications and financing options. We delve into questions such as: How do you business plan agroforestry systems? How do we find a balance between economic performance and ecosystem services? And much more!
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In this episode I discuss with Claire Lemarié her experience working with farmers in the Pays de la Loire region in France, where she is a technical adviser for the chamber of agriculture. She has precious insights into the management of mature hedges, as this region still has a significant amount of bocage: a traditional french hedge layout.
In this interview we gain an understanding of why effective information sharing between farmers is crucial to creating innovative agroforestry systems and how she enables peer to peer exchange through the 'Club des Agroforestiers'.
• RESOURCES
https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-lemari%C3%A9-34b667155/?originalSubdomain=fr
Youtube video Chambre d'agriculture de la Loire
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Coppicing is an ancient and modern tree management system. Coppicing is known for its multi-functionality: capable of producing biomass, animal forage, firewood and much more. Today we interview Mark Krawczyk, practitioner, consultant and author of 'Coppice Agroforestry'. In this interview we tackle some of the practical challenges of coppicing, to better understand the economic potential of this technique. Mark demonstrates a variety of nuances and compromises, showing us the versatility as well as the key challenges of this technique.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:02:22 Introduction
00:13:19 What are the key concepts of coppicing
00:27:50 What impact on tree health?
00:39:12 What prospects for mechanising management?
00:51:44 What uses for coppiced wood?
01:17:42 What effect of coppicing on surrounding plants?
01:22:24 Productivity of coppice stands
01:29:14 In relation to soil types
• RESOURCES
https://www.keylinevermont.com/
http://www.coppiceagroforestry.com/
https://regenerativeskills.com/mark-krawczyk-on-coppice-agroforestry-and-woodland-management-part-1/
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Bruce Maynard and his family are livestock managers and row crop farmers in New South Wales in Austalia. Over his carreer, he has succesfully integrated shrubs and trees to their livestock and row crop operation. He has been able to double his stocking rate through increasing the ecological function of the farm. We dig deep into the design of his tree systems and how it has evloved over the years. We unpack in detail how he has been able to transform his landscape on such a large scale and how this was possible from a business perspective.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:01:21 Bruce's story and description of the farm
00:10:06 No-kill cropping
00:15:05 Complexifying the landscape
00:22:57 Design over time
00:30:19 Taking machinery into account
00:37:57 Specifics of saltbush
00:42:30 Recovery times between bush and pasture
00:54:06 Microclimatic benefits
00:57:30 Planting trees at scale and its logistics
01:10:30 Management of trees/shrubs
01:16:00 Business strategy and cashflow
01:19:32 Ressources to go further
• RESOURCES
http://selfherding.com/index.html
https://stressfreestockmanship.com.au/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHzo0fDBZs0
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What have we learnt from 30 years at one of the most prominent agroforestry research sites in the world? In collaboration with AGROMIX, We are excited to present an interview with Christian Dupraz, a leading agroforestry researcher from INRAE Montpellier. This is one of our rare 'in person' interviews where we discussed years of findings under the alley cropping walnut trees of the Domaine de Restinclières. We analysed many technical details such as tree - crop competition, tree pruning and adapted tree species. We also discussed socio-economic aspects such as the relationship with the local farmers and the reason why alley cropping systems have not yet been scaled. Enjoy!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
02:25 Introduction
11:12 Experiment today
13:38 Growth rate of trees
17:43 Impact of AF on the quality of the wood
20:13 Considerations to produce a straight trunk
00:22 Impact on arable crop
00:26:45 Competition between crop and tree
00:30:18 Effect of pollarding on tree quality
00:33:56 How do the trees effect the row crop farmer?
00:38:08 How would tree crops fare in alley cropping?
00:39:32 Increase in bat population and its benefits
00:44:36 Main mistakes
00:48:05 What context for alley cropping to be successful?
00:56:30 Why do we not see more alley cropping?
• RESOURCES
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christian-Dupraz-3
https://agromixproject.eu/
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Conventional viticulture and its intensive management has created some important challenges for wine producers and the regions where they are located. Jean-Baptiste Cordonnier has been able to intimately experience the conventional approach, seeing the fertility and biodiversity of his family's château gradually degrade. For the first time since the start of the show, we are able to delve into the story of an incredible viticulture agroforestry transition. With cover crops, hedges and alley cropping, Jean-Baptiste is innovating new solutions for a management intensive crop. We delve into the story, context, agronomy and practical details of his strategy, for an interview rich in experiences and lessons learnt.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:02:55 Introduction
00:07:53 Trial and error to find regenerative solutions
00:13:39 Effects of planting hedges on the vineyard
00:23:08 Design process
00:36:58 Managing weeds and pruning hedges
00:43:33 Managing the pruning at scale
00:48:12 Mulching and the importance of cover crops
01:04:02 Trees planted within the vineyard
01:10:35 What are the expected agronomic results?
01:16:49 Why advantages outweigh challenges
01:21:23 Looking at the economics
01:31:16 Are neighbouring vineyards interested?
01:34:20 What effect do you expect on the quality of wine?
• RESOURCES
https://chateauanthonic.com/en/
https://www.instagram.com/chateau_anthonic/
https://www.facebook.com/chateauanthonic/
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I am today with Richard Perkins from Ridgedale Farm in Sweden. For those who do not know, Richard is a leading educator and author in the field of regenerative agriculture, specialising in human scale enterprises. We discuss the tree systems he has planted on his farm, and more specifically the opportunity of integrating trees to market gardening and pastured poultry, two of his key enterprises. Richard is also an educator with the mission of helping farmers to build and manage successful small scale farms. He is therefore the ideal guest to have a conversation on how to make small scale agroforestry systems viable, and their place in the farm strategy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
01:41Richard’s story
05:45 What perennial systems on the farm?
16:08 What place for perennial crops in your long term strategy?
21:30 How do you manage your skill set?
26:07 What oportunity for low managment tree plantings?
31:00 How do you balance complexifying your ecology and maintaining efficiency?
35:48 How to intergrate trees in your market garden?
37:35 Trees and pastured poultry
41:06 How do you make agroforestry profitable on a small scale?
44:32 Funding tree plantations
48:41 Where should we prioritise planting trees in the landscape?
• RESOURCES
https://www.richardperkins.co/
https://www.youtube.com/c/RichardPerkinsofRidgedale/
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Today we continue investigating Syntropic Farming with Daniel from the Mata do Lobo farm in Brasil. In the past 4 years, they have been working solutions to scale these complex agroforestry systems, soon reaching 50ha planted. Daniel and his partner, Maria Vittoria, have accumulated some tremendous experience as they build one of the most innovative coffee plantations out there. In this episode, you will find out what is the difference between the health and quality of agroforestry coffee and conventional coffee. You will also understand how they are striking a balance between efficiency and complexity - in order to integrate the principles of Syntropic whilst managing these systems at scale. This was a highly practical conversation, inspired by the questions we received from our listeners on social media. We hope you enjoy!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
03:47 Daniel’s story
12:35 Objective of the agroforestry plot
16:01 How do you manage inputs?
20:02 What makes Syntropic less input intensive?
22:39 What does the agroforestry produce?
31:09 How much diversity is integrated to the coffee crop?
35:51 How is the coffee crop responding to the Syntropic system?
41:46 How are coffee yields expected to perform in comparison to conventional?
45:41 How did he plant so many trees effectively?
51:01 How many people working on the agroforestry system?
55:23 How do you manage so much biomass?
01:07:26 What harvesting process for coffee?
01:12:16 What potential of mechanisation for Syntropic systems?
01:14:57 What commercialisation strategy?
01:19:44 Is he planning a processing facility?
01:21:48 Could Syntropic systems work in a European context?
01:24:08 Where does he get knowledge from?
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https://www.instagram.com/matadolobo/?hl=en
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David Brass is the CEO of the Lakes Free range egg company. Almost 30 years ago he started planting trees in the fields to encourage his laying hens to go and range. Since then, he has been busy planting trees throughout his supply chain. With about 70 farmers and 2 million birds supplying eggs to his company today, this is an example of agroforestry working at scale. The interview brings forward both practical considerations for the layout and maintenance of trees, and explains how they have managed to onboard their suppliers. David is enthusiastic about the numerous benefits trees have bought, carefully documented with various studies. He is convincd that there is a very clear case for integrating trees in all poultry production with very limited trade-offs.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
02:05 Story and overview of the company
04:08 Bringing trees onto the farm
10:14 Current design
12:16 Potential to add a perennial production?
16:51 Is it realistic to incorporate trees as part of the feed?
18:06 What does it mean practically for a poultry farmer to intergrate trees?
22:35 How are the tree plantations evolving?
27:12 Scaling tree plantations within their suppliers
30:58 Funding
34:34 Trees and animal welfare
37:00 Impact of tree planting on profitability.
39:49 Initial reluctance of some farmers
42:34 Is the agroforestry approach something that is valued by your customers?
44:18 the numerous benefits of planting trees
46:15 Do you see payment for ecosystem services as part of your model.
50:21 Supply chain requirements are driving change
54:52 Impact of tree planting on biodiversity
• RESOURCES
https://lakesfreerange.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/lakesfreerange/
https://www.farmtreestoair.ceh.ac.uk/ART
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Our team attended the Regenerative Agriculture and Food Systems Summit, organised by Kiasko Research in order to catalyse a regenerative transition in the food industry. The event was attended by large corporations such as Nestle, Unilever and Yara, as well as numerous companies and organisations that work actively with Regen Ag on the ground. We attended the conference as media partners, producing mini-interviews with a diversity of summit attendees. The objective of this episode is try and understand the value of the strategies being implemented by large corporations, as well as the way in which technical and specialised companies are working to scale Regen Ag. Whilst many of our listeners may not feel aligned with some of the companies we have interviewed, we believe in the value of having open and objective conversations with all players in the field, in order for each of us to form our own opinion. We also believe that the food corporations are hugely influential in the food system today, and must be considered if we are rapidly scale regenerative agriculture. We hope you enjoy this rather different episode!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:02:08 Anne-Sophie Alibert - Pur Projet
00:10:55 Roberto Vega - Syngenta
00:20:54 Andrew Voysey - Soil Capital
00:29:15 Daniel Baertschi - Quantis
00:38:07 Bastien Sachet - Earthworm Foundation
00:52:25 Charles Leonardi - Nestlé
01:12:14 Felix Jakobsen - Klim
01:22:20 Phillipe Birker - Climate Farmers
• RESOURCES
https://www.purprojet.com/
https://www.syngenta.com/en
https://soilcapital.com/
https://quantis.com/
https://www.earthworm.org/
https://www.nestle.com/
https://www.klim.eco/
https://www.climatefarmers.org/
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Mark Shepard is the founder of the Restoration Agriculture farming method and New Forest Farm, where Mark grows food in perennial polycultures, without using external fertilisers, with very limited management activities, whilst integrating animals. In this episode, Mark shares with us the results he has achieved by actively engaging with tree crop breeding on his farm - one of the foundations of his system. Mark is also the author of two books: ‘Restoration Agriculture: Real World Permaculture for Farmers’ and ‘Water for Any Farm’. He is also the founder of Restoration Agriculture Development, an enterprises that catalyses Restoration Agriculture projects worldwide. We hope you enjoy the interview!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
02:15 How did you get to agroforestry?
10:44 What is restoration agriculture?
19:33 Low inputs and precocity of yield
31:29 Description of New Forest Farm
40:10 How do you harvest?
45:42 Managing the system
49:20 Biodiversity on the farm
57:22 Process of plant selection
01:02:40 Starting a nursery
01:07:28 Why haven’t more people replicated your system?
01:12:00 Which cultivars to include in mass selection?
01:21:19 What is the key knowledge required to get started?
• RESOURCES
http://www.restorationag.com/
https://restoringagriculture.com/
https://www.forestag.com/
https://newforestfarm.us/
https://www.instagram.com/restoration.ag/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/restorationagriculture/
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Michael Weitz is a European expert in fast growing biomass trees, with a special passion for Poplar. These fast growing crops are especially interesting for agroforestry systems thanks to their early returns and their capacity to produce ecosystem services early on. Furthermore, the need to find alternatives to fossil fuels and sustainable building materials is leading to evolving economic opportunities for farmers. In this interview we are hitting the nail on the head when it comes to integrating valuable tree crops on our farms! Michael has the ability to zoom into the technical details and zoom out to the bigger picture questions around biomass crops. Enjoy learning about the flexibility and beauty of poplar as well as the challenges that need to be overcome to scale these systems. This is hopefully the first of many interviews on the topic of fast growing trees!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
02:41 Introduction
09:24 Biomass crops
16:45 Poplar industry and market
22:57 Flexibility of the poplar crop
29:28 Medium term cycle poplar for agroforestry
34:56 Which cycle to optimise biomass production
37:20 Management requirements
45:00 What is the minimum scale for economic viability?
53:46 Favouring medium cycle on a small scale
57:24 Planting on marginal land
01:06:58 Shouldn’t agricultural land stay dedicated to food production instead of biomass production?
01:18:42 Biomass crops and diversification
01:25:26 Carbon credits and biodiversity credits
01:28:41 Market trends on wood products
01:34:26 Can a third party implement and manage the biomass crop?
01:44:22 How can we diversify biomass species?
• RESOURCES
www.lignovis.com
www.lignoplant.com
www.lignotech.de
www.hühner-wald.de
www.vivocarbon.com
www.instagram.com/lignovis
www.facebook.com/lignovis
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Syntropic Farming has recently gained international attention, and it is about time we interview an expert on the podcast! Whilst I call him an expert, Marc Leiber prefers to see himself as a student of Syntropic Farming. He has been trained by Ernst Gotsch, the founder of the movement, and continues to work intimately with him on his farm, Quinta das Abelhas, in Southern Portugal. We believe there are few people better positioned to talk about this subject than Marc. In this interview you will understand the history, the philosophy and the principles behind Syntropic Farming. Whilst many questions remain as to how it can be scaled and the economics on our climate, Marc told such a fascinating story that we had to leave if for next time. We hope you enjoy!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:01:40 Marc’s story
00:11:55 The work of Ernst Gotsch
00:41:37 The principles of Syntropic Farming
01:12:20 Marc’s research farm
• RESOURCES
www.growback.net
www.instagram.com/marc.leiber
www.agendagotsch.com
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Today I have the pleasure of welcoming Patrick Worms on the show. He is a policy advisor for World Agroforestry and the ex-president of the European Agroforestry Federation. We discuss together agroforestry from a policy perspective to understand how we convince decision makers and what type of funding is needed to scale agroforestry. Although much of the conversation is focused on Europe, Patrick gives some insights that will be of great interest to anyone who wants to convince key players of the opportunity of agroforestry. Patrick is an amazing speaker and you will find this interview to be not only highly informative but also entertaining and full of punchlines.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
01:49 Personal background
04:52 The appeal of agroforestry
06:23 Work at ICRAF
08:00 The power of stories
11:22 Missions of EURAF
18:00 Perception of agroforestry in policy circles
20:44 What is preventing a scaling of agroforestry?
23:37 What is blocking agroforestry within EU member states?
27:55 Agroforestry in the African context
34:50 Successful examples from East Asia
41:54 Funding agroforestry
46:04 What role for private funding?
52:36 Is the case for agroforestry clear and properly demonstrated?
• RESOURCES
https://euraf.isa.utl.pt/welcome
https://www.worldagroforestry.org/
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Thomas Lecomte and Guillaume Sneessens are agronomists and experts in the field of regenerative agriculture. Through Soil Capital Farming, they both manage and consult a significant amount of acreage. Thomas and Guillaume both see an important role of agroforestry for their clients, integrating more and more perennial systems in farm transitions. We wanted to understand more about what a regenerative transition means to them, and the potential they see in trees. We were extremely well served, and could have kept talking for many more hours. As farm managers they have also started a 5ha alley cropping trial with walnuts and cereals. They go through the details of their design methodology and the key decisions they made.
This episode is divided in two parts - check the table of contents for more details. Enjoy!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I - Regenerative Transition
02:24 Personal journeys
12:06 Soil Capital Farming’s mission
19:05 Does a transition to Regen Ag mean a loss of yields?
23:52 Initial steps for the transition of a farm
35:53 Barriers to transition to Regen Ag
42:48 Selling Regen Ag produce
53:08 Where does agroforestry fit in the farm system?
Part II - Alley Cropping Trial
01:03:22 Alley cropping trial plot in Belgium
01:15:50 Challenge of diversifying knowledge
01:24:57 Funding of the alley cropping system
01:29:39 Labour costs
01:35:14 Scaling agroforestry systems
01:46:13 Integrating agroforestry into a global design of the farm
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https://www.soilcapitalfarming.ag/
https://www.instagram.com/soilcapfarming/
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I talk with Felix Riecken who is planting out silvopastoral and silvoarable systems on his 90ha family farm in the North of Germany. The farm traditionally produces cow milk and meat. He explains the journey that led him to agroforestry and integrating these techniques into the family business. His systems being still quite young, we focus the conversation on the design, the objectives and the establishment of the tree systems. This goes from choosing the right genetics, to protecting the trees and managing the weeds. Felix also explains how he successfully funded the agroforestry systems.
In Collaboration with the German Agroforestry Association (DeFAF)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
01:48 Felix’s story
08:18 Overview of the farm
20:16 Agroforestry systems
30:56 Objectives and design
40:13 Choosing varieties and genetics
46:38 Protection of the young trees
50:30 Weed management
55:34 Balancing complexity and labour
01:01:24 Funding
01:10 Next steps
• RESOURCES
https://rieckens-landmilch.de/eichhof/familie-riecken/
https://agroforst-info.de/
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As Dimitri and I travelled recently to the 2022 EURAF conference in Sardinia, we wanted to share with you the work of the European Agroforestry Federation. In this short interview with their president, Patrick Worms, he explains what the organisation does and its next steps. We also discuss how we can build additional bridges between research and practitioners.
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http://www.europeanagroforestry.eu/about
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Campbell Mercer owns 40ha outside Melbourne, Australia where he has set up a world class olive farm - producing award winning organic olive oil. Campbell uses a variety of fascinating agroforestry practices, from windbreaks to farm forestry and silvopastural systems. We have an in-depth conversation on small scale farm forestry, from design considerations to harvest and selling. We also discussed the Keyline cultivation pattern and its implications for tree planting, finishing off with the various functions of his windbreaks and their interaction with neighbouring olive trees. Overall, Campbell has not been shy to make use of tree systems to align his production with the ecology he works in. He has managed to harness the ecosystem services provided by trees whilst ensuring they remain economically productive.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
02:42 Story and context of the farm
11:09 Why go organic?
13:28 Use of black wattle
19:52 Selling small quantities of timber
23:16 Main objectives of agroforestry on the farm
27:56 Design of the systems
39:04 Sawing material
40:56 Drying the wood
43:37 Pruning
46:35 Profitability of timber plantations
57:22 Interactions between grass and trees
01:01:24 Planting along the keyline pattern
01:05:17 Feedback on deep ripping and swales
01:10:46 Would you do keyline again?
01:19:41 Windbreaks
01:28:34 Choice of species in windbreak
01:38:17 Production from them
01:40:28 Interactions between windbreak and olive trees
01:45:00 Improved overall productivity
• RESOURCES
https://mannahillestate.com.au/
https://www.instagram.com/mannahill.estate/
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My guest today is Carl Sheard who produces pigs in France. He has received EU funding for his project so we try and understand with him what kind of opportunity it offers farmers in Europe. He also shares some of the challenges he has encountered with deers and we assess together the potential for increasing the proportion of perennials in pigs’s diet.
**In Collaboration with Agromix**
https://agromixproject.eu/
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1:38 Introduction
08:18 Design and technical support
10:22 EU funding
13:38 Tree layout and description of systems
19:47 How much feed to expect from agroforestry systems?
29:56 Challenge of deer damage
32:48 Managing the tree lines
45:36 Do you think your trees can pay for themselves?
• RESOURCES
https://www.instagram.com/bluepigfarm/
https://thebluepig.monsite-orange.fr/index.html
https://agromixproject.eu/in-the-field/pilot-projects/blue-pig-farm/
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Andrew and Jill Stewart are owners and managers of Yan Yan Gurt West Farm in the Otway Ranges, Southern Victoria, Australia. For the past 30 years, they have taken regenerative agriculture extremely seriously in order to solve problems of soil salinisation, soil erosion, climate change and animal welfare. In order to do so they have planted 23kms of shelterbelts and riparian buffers, connected into a complex ecological mosaic to produce both ecosystem services and a huge variety of new enterprises. Since they started planting trees they have increased tree cover from 3% to 20%, without reducing any of their sheep productivity. Quite the contrary, they have opened up a whole new set of enterprises from saw logs to woody florals. Tune in to find out more about this incredible transition!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
01:40 Introduction
08:50 The story of the farm
15:00 Main productions
25:34 Timber production
36:07 Harvest and milling
44:43 Economic decision of harvesting shelter belts
52:36 Do trees increase too much fixed costs?
59:13 Are subsidies necessary to justify economically agroforestry plantations?
01:06:29 Tree - Pasture interaction
01:15:01 Managing weeds when planting young trees
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