STUN: Sheer Total Utter Neglect
August 6, 2026
Each visit I would check to see who lived and who perished. Over fourteen years, the true survivors have shown their mettle.
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Dispatches, reflections, and farming principles from the Finca Alazán community — Aug 2025 to Aug 2026.
No RoundUp: How the Farm Reached Consensus
June 17, 2026
Battling nature is never successful. Working with and steering natural processes should be the hallmark of our approach.
ReadBiochar and Terra Preta: Ancient Carbon for the Tropics
May 9, 2026
Ancient Amazonian cultures used this technique called Terra preta, or black earth, to create lasting fertility in the rainforest where heavy rainfall tends to leach away fertility.
ReadTithonia: The Superhero of the Farm
May 9, 2026
Easy to propagate, fast growing, almost effortless to chop and manage — this hardworking plant is a superhero in our farm.
ReadStacking Functions: Weeding, Mulching, and Building All at Once
May 6, 2026
We are eliminating weeds while mulching and building the beds. That's what, in Permaculture traditions, is called stacking functions!
ReadHow Ecosystems Succeed — and Why We Work With That
October 17, 2025
In Syntropic systems, the farmer trades on the fertility cascade that happens as ecosystems succeed from disturbance, to grassland, to Savannah, to climax forest.
ReadEvery Plant in Its Perfect Spot: Stratification
October 4, 2025
All plant species have evolved to occupy different strata within the systems in which they grow. We strive to give every plant a perfect spot to best do its thing.
ReadWhy Our Beds Run North to South
September 12, 2025
By lining up our tall trees in North–South rows, we allow the rising sun to bathe the east side of the row, while the afternoon sun similarly gets the west side.
ReadPlacenta Plants: How Bananas Lead the Way for Cacao
September 3, 2025
The plantains will produce for years while the cacao mature and then be cycled out. The young Cacao will thrive with their nurturing placentas in place.
ReadThere Is No Need to Poison Our Food
August 29, 2025
Regenerative and organic agriculture founded on agroecology science serves as a sustainable economic model because of its lower input costs.
ReadHungry Herbivores: The Fastest Way to Build Soil Carbon
August 20, 2025
Regenerative grazing is one of the fastest ways to build biomass and soil carbon.
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