This farmer is saving the jungle by growing food

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MaryBeth Ventura 1 year ago Yesss! I have visited Alex's farm. It is an inspiring revelation and I am so glad his mission and work have been captured so beautifully and shared with the world. 3 Nitka_22 Nitka_22 1 year ago Amazing work! I salute him! And so so impressed with the increase of forest cover in Costa Rica! The forest looks beautiful...:-) and all that food! Grown naturally in harmony with nature....brilliant...:-) 1 Manuela Alboreto Manuela Alboreto 1 year ago Congratulation ! 14/08/2019 from Italy ! I am agree for this develop ! Thanks 3 Ifzaal Ifthikar Ifzaal Ifthikar 1 year ago This is brilliant stuff... we all should adopt this before its too late... PeterSiNeh PeterSiNeh 1 year ago That man leads the way and our farmers should be able to do it similar and without using Monsanto’s and other chemicals. This way also the forests would be well maintained. 5 Hashi Hashi Hashi Hashi 1 year ago excellence William Price William Price 1 year ago It just makes so much more sense! Aurelia Aurelia 1 month ago wow amazing....you should come to indonesia and help local farmers do the same....i just knew that the forest canopy is important...i thought it prevents sunlight to smaller plants.. Jennifer Long Jennifer Long 1 year ago We are doing the same on our farms in Biolley Costa Rica! We are in our 11th year of growing soil on Finca Lilo and 3rd year changing from biointensive permaculture to food forest farming with interrelated crops in harmony with the rainforest. BiolleyFarms FincaLilo

'Agroforestry for me is one ecosystem to produce sustainable products today, tomorrow and also in the future.'

15 years ago Alexander Retana took over his father’s farm in Costa Rica. The farm consisted of open rice fields, with minimal biodiversity. He started planting trees to give himself shade in the baking summer months but soon found that he was creating a new ecosystem above his head. Integrating the jungle with his farm didn’t just increase biodiversity, it increased precipitation and helped more moisture stay in the soil, so it’s good for his crops and the planet.

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