In this episode we have the chance to interview the manager of Wakelyns Farm, amongst the oldest agroforestry systems in Europe. David gives us a great insight into what a fully running agroforestry system looks like. We get into understanding the decisions involved when managing mature trees, what tradeoffs arise with time, and how to balance their needs with the crops grown in the alleys.

David also explains how he is shifting the strategy of the farm from a research project to a demonstration site with more diverse revenue streams, bringing many new people and productions on site in the process.

• TABLE OF CONTENTS

00:02:44 Introduction of Wakelyns Farm

00:11:40 Intercropping systems description

00:22:17 Alternative intercrops: vegetables and animals 

00:28:13 Coppicing vs pollarding systems 

00:33:28 Mechanisation  

00:36:13 Ecosystem benefits 

00:42:23 Diversifying the business 

00:51:59 Mistakes 

00:58:27 Economic viability

• RESOURCES

http://www.wakelyns.co.uk

https://www.facebook.com/wakelyns

https://www.instagram.com/wakelyns/

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In this interview, Adolfo gives us practical information on the management of his agroforestry systems, from integrating chickens to weed wild asparagus and olive, to punning the forest for tree fodder. He gives us an insight into the type of decision making it takes to run a small diversified farm in Italy, and how finding the right balance between ecological diversity and economy of scale is key to success.  

He provides some great guidance on how to navigate bureaucratic constraints, how to market diversity and how to create synergies between different enterprises on the farm. He concludes the episode with some advice on how to start a small diversified farm.

And as a little bonus, he even uncovers the unexpected potential of Ailanthus altissima for silvopasture...

• TABLE OF CONTENTS

00:02:30 Introduction (story of the farm, why agroforestry, climate, market, local context)

00:16:52 Integrating chickens and sheep in the asparagus-olive orchard

00:32:08 Challenges of diversification and innovative ideas to overcome them

00:51:20 Machinery vs animals to manage the farm

00:57:36 Thinning the forest and tree fodder

01:15:55 Commercial strategies for diversified unusual products

01:22:03 His biggest mistakes and some advice for starting a farm

01:28:21 How can you earn a living from a small diversified farm 

• RESOURCES

https://www.facebook.com/Localit%C3%A0-il-Piano-117317244965377/

https://localitailpiano.it/

https://www.instagram.com/localitailpiano/

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We have an exciting conversation with Ethan, Harry and Jeremy from Propagate Ventures, to understand how they are blending cutting edge agronomy, economic modelling and innovative financing to scale up agroforestry. They walk us through their analysis and design methodology, from what data they use to how they define tree spacing and choice of species. We also discuss their favourite systems so far, the implementation of their projects, how they track success, the technical support they offer farmers as well as the commercialisation of agroforestry products. We finish by exploring what makes agroforestry profitable and how they find a balance in their projects between productivity and ecological complexity.

• RESOURCES

https://www.propagateventures.com/

https://www.propagate.org/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/propagate-ventures/

https://www.instagram.com/propagateventures/

https://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/2018/05/21/jeremy-kaufman-harry-greene-ethan-steinberg/

https://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/2019/12/31/ethan-steinberg-and-jeremy-kaufman/

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Benedikt Bösel shares with us his journey from investment banking to regenerative farming. We explore why he is testing out agroforestry on his large scale grain farm. We also discussed how grains benefit from trees, how to lead a 20 people team towards regenerative techniques and the process of diversifying his farm.

• RESOURCES

https://www.gutundboesel.org/

https://www.instagram.com/benediktboesel/?hl=de

https://twitter.com/altmadlitz?lang=de

https://www.schlossgutaltmadlitz.com/

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Matteo Mazzola shares with us some technical knowledge on how he is associating plants and animals to create productive and diversified systems on a small farm. We get into some detail on how he prepares his tree lines before planting, which plants consortiums he associates with his orchard and why, as well as the crucial relationships between grazing animals and trees.

• RESOURCES

https://www.facebook.com/agricolaiside/

https://www.instagram.com/iside.farm/

http://www.terraorganica.it/

https://iside.farm/online-soon/

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In this episode we discuss the process we are going through to create the Mazi Farm agroforestry system, as well as some of key questions and challenges we are faced with. We realised there are some typical topics and challenges agroforestry farms face, and the solutions aren't always easy to work out. From this position we decided to start the podcast and find some answers for ourselves.

• RESOURCES

www.mazifarm.com

https://www.facebook.com/Mazifarm/

https://www.instagram.com/mazifarm/

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In this episode you will find out who we are, what agroforestry means to us, why we use the term regenerative, and what you can expect from this podcast.

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