Uniting and spreading food forests
#The concept
Our Tour got postponed twice, but we believe in Spring 2021 it will finally happen. During the tour, we are bringing food
forests to projects and community places
all around Greece, raising awareness and
spreading knowledge about the potential
of regenerating ecosystems while
producing healthy food.
# unifying with people and projects from
all over Greece and abroad. Strengthening
the network of people and projects that
actively contribute to building a better
today and tomorrow, that are not afraid to
seek new ways and have a bold vision for
the future and that put their words to
action!
Food forests mimic natural forests but
consisting primary of plants that provide
food. Mimicking the forest has the benefit
of having an autonomous system that
doesn't depend on inputs from outside, it
creates soil and provides habitat and thus
contributes to biodiversity in plants, insects
and small animals besides a lot of other
services.
Funding the tour:
We are very grateful for Helidonis foundation to fund our Food Forest Tour.
Karydia school, Athens
Happened
In a pedagogical and creative way, the Southern Lights is teaching small children the basics of permaculture and planting trees. The little ones will hear a lovely tale on the journey of high layer trees looking for company and creating long-lasting relationships with medium and small layer fellows. Creating and reinforcing the link between the origin of the fruit and the tree itself is what matters the most and drawing about them will let the children express their feelings on nature. We believe in the process of learning surrounded by nature as it broadens the vision.
Free and Real Project, Evia Island
Free and Real, in the context of the Telaithrion venture and in collaboration with The Southern Lights is organizing this three day event with the purpose of strengthening the forest garden in the Telethrion Project's land with many extra fruit trees and other supporting species.
The purpose of this specific three-day period is to continue the planting of an ever growing variety of trees at the Telethrion Land and together we will learn about permaculture, food forests, how to regenerate the soil, how to plant a food forest and also how to multiply our plants. In the Telaithrion land we will plant around 300 new trees applying natural farming and permaculture methods reinforcing the forest garden and the micro climate of the area.
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Joyce 'n' Fun, Skiathos Island
This young project in the island of Skiathos is trying to create a free learning space for young and old in nature, of which the food forest will be an essential part, to discover biodiversity, nature and one selves. We are happy to support this initiative and set a green bio diverse start to this project.
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We will soon add here the link to the event for this place.
FactononVerba, Laggorachi Olymp
This food forest planting is a collaboration between food forest and theater on a mission to spread the seed of change, give hope and inspire through another medium, which is artistic expression. The food forest planted in Laggorachi will serve as an alternative location for the theater group from Thessaloniki, which will be used for events with kids and not only, to find their connection with nature and themselves, while discovering where their food could come from. It connects the city of Thessaloniki with the rural area of Laggorachi and creates an exit channel out of the city for people.
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We will soon add here the link to the event for this place.
A-fthonia project, Lemnos Island
This event is very special, since it is uniting The Southern Lights project and A-fthonia project which share a long common history and more specially, the Free and Real crew will join us in this event, which is the place both this projects came together in the first place. It symbolized once more the unity character of the tour, uniting our forces overcoming competitive attitudes still prevailing in many areas of society.
A-fthonia project started planting a food forest in the frameworks of our North Tour, and even though we could not come due to the lock-down, they still planted 300 trees.
We are happy this time to support them in their efforts to become self-sufficient and to figure out how to do regenerative farming in this very rough conditions with an annual rainfall of roughly 450 mm and super windy conditions. We have to choose the design and setup wisely and learn and observe.
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Crossroads project, Megalopoli
Planting a food forest in a beautiful property in the center of Megalopolis is setting a bold green sign for how we as citizens imagine our future. Due to the electric company and the coal mine, Megalopoli is usually rather in the minds of people as a not very green-minded place. A reality which some of the citizens refuse to accept. Further as being in the center of Peloponnese, it has a strategic geographic position, many people pass by, stay there for one night, so having a food forest in this place offers the chance for a lot of exposure to the broader community. For coming Autumn, we have planned to implement a big food forest in a land directly visible from the road that belongs to this organization.
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Dharma Sporoi, Skala Lakonias
This young project has set its mission on creating a healthy, thriving and healing place from scratch, starting from zero, an empty land, in a very intensely farmed area. Setting a bold statement for a natural and regenerative way of farming in this area is very important. We are happy to support them in their effort and to see how to implement regenerative farming techniques in again a different setting.
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Gerania project, Loutraki
Gerania project is a beautiful project following natural farming principles and the Taoist way of living. It is also hosting a tai chi and kung fu school that is showing another way of personal development, cultivating the earth and through this cultivating the spirit.
The founder and leader of this project is from the first organic farmers in Greece, that was also very close to Stavros Darmos, the owner from whom we inherited our land. We feel grateful to unite our paths with this person and his project.
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more destinations pending...
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