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A Day in the Life at RFI.
A Day in the Life at RFI.
Preservation of Primary Forests
Preservation of Primary Forests
Our Syntropic Agroforestry System
Our Syntropic Agroforestry System
San Vicente's Senior Citizen Community Project
San Vicente's Senior Citizen Community Project
Lulu Baker - Redwood High School 2023
Lulu Baker - Redwood High School 2023
Los Arboleros Farm's 1st Syntropic Agroforestry Workshop
Los Arboleros Farm's 1st Syntropic Agroforestry Workshop

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Soils research sample collection day

In July 2023 we collected samples of soil in our first 2 Syntropic plots, in a citrus plot common to our area in Chone, Ecuador, in a nearby primary forest and in a common type pasture on our neighbors land.

Drone fly-over of our Los Arboleros Farm - April 2023

We periodically fly over Los Arboleros Farm to document the slow but sure progress of our 70 acre regenerative agriculture journey. Here are our two syntropic systems, hill of mandarins, hill with avocados and turmeric then our education center and accommodations facility area, and finally one of our young bamboo plantations behind the house.

Practical update of Syntropic Agroforestry plots

This is an update of our first 1 hectare Syntropic system and our second .7 hectare system, 15 and 4 months old respectively. We have found that we need to be persistent in replanting to get the desired plants into each spot in our system. Overtime, our plants will catch up to each other and we'll be glad to have replanted.

Premio Verde national environmental project competition

This video was created to showcase some of RFI's work in Ricaurte, Manabi. RFI and the Parroquial government of Ricaurte were among 5 finalists of 130 applicants in Ecuador.

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Students from Colegio Alemán Humboldt @colegioalemanhumboldt_ec had the opportunity to dive into regenerative practices in agroforestry and syntropic agriculture, embracing hands-on education—one of RFI’s core pillars. Their fieldw
Visiting Kaakao's facilities at Calceta, Manabí! Kaakao is a local cacao processing plant and cacao exporter. They follow strict data-driven procedures and processes to ensure every single bean they sell is fully traceable, down to which tre
Throwback to our visit to the Bahía de Caráquez Museum back in March, with our Georgia Tech & SCAD group! This museum is part of the Manabí Museums Network, serving as a branch of the Nuclear Museum Corporación Ciuda
Check out this beautiful bamboo pavilion we made for the local school at the town of Pavon! This was a two-part project; here we see our Georgia Tech @rfixgatech & SCAD @scad.nexsus group tackling the first half 👷‍♀️💪 Scroll to the end to
Lately we've been testing the quality of soils across different areas of our farm, and now we’re integrating this valuable practice into our hands-on courses 🙌 We gather samples from our syntropic agriculture systems, monocrop areas, eroded s
From our blog: Preservation of Primary Forests Primary forests, like this one in coastal Ecuador, are rare, untouched ecosystems that have stood the test of time, providing unparalleled biodiversity and climate benefits. 🌳 These old-growth forests
Bamboo applications are so varied! Students from the InterAmerican Academy @interamericanacademy can attest to that 💪🎍 We had so much fun making a cute dog house for Oso, our farm manager Darwin's dog 🐶 We also did some varnishing and maintenan
RFI’s research of regenerative agroforestry methods led us to #syntropicfarming - a method where we capture the natural succession dynamics of the forest to speed up the soil and ecosystem regeneration process. 🌴🌳🐒🌳🌴💚🍄‍🟫🧑‍🌾👩?
 

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DIRECTOR                                                                      Lucas Oshun I lucas@regenerationfieldinstitute.com

OPERATIONS MANAGER  Raisa Oshun I raisaoshun@gmail.com

PROGRAM DIRECTOR  Beth Huggins | beth@regenerationfieldinstitute.com

 

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