[vc_row type=”full-width-section” content_placement=”bottom” parallax=”content-moving” parallax_image=”50411″ parallax_speed_bg=”3″ parallax_background=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1632735170693{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;border-bottom-width: px !important;padding-top: 200px !important;padding-bottom: 200px !important;background-position: center;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” font_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Pilot farm pomegranates” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Source%20Sans%20Pro%3A200%2C200italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:900%20bold%20regular%3A900%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631805808201{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”text_uppercase letterspacing-2-5″][rd_line type=”rd_line_bold” color=”#ffffff” width=”50″ line_pos=”center” margin_top=”3″ margin_bottom=”12″][vc_custom_heading text=”Pomegranates in agroforestry” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Merriweather%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20italic%3A400%3Aitalic” css=”.vc_custom_1631805823849{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}” el_class=”letterspacing-2-5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”POMEGRANATE PILOT FARM” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:32|text_align:left|color:%23005b6d|line_height:50PX” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631805839658{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” el_class=”text_uppercase letterspacing-2-5″][rd_line color=”#556800″ width=”400″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”WHO” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631722607776{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” el_class=”text_uppercase letterspacing-2-5″][rd_line color=”#e2bf34″ width=”200″ margin_bottom=”10″][vc_custom_heading text=”Charis Basiliou” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:16|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631733504954{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” el_class=”text_uppercase letterspacing-2-5″][vc_single_image image=”50196″ img_size=”medium” css=”.vc_custom_1631733519996{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-right: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”LOCATION” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631453238489{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” el_class=”text_uppercase letterspacing-2-5″][rd_line color=”#e2bf34″ width=”200″][vc_custom_heading text=”Sparta, Greece” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631733574572{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”50208″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”DATE OF CONVERSION” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631453583838{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” el_class=”text_uppercase letterspacing-2-5″][rd_line color=”#e2bf34″ width=”200″][vc_custom_heading text=”3-5th of December 2021″ font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:16|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1643048554301{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” el_class=”text_uppercase letterspacing-2-5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”KEY DATA” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631430862713{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” el_class=”text_uppercase letterspacing-2-5″][rd_line color=”#e2bf34″ width=”200″][vc_custom_heading text=”Land size: 4,6 ha
Ετήσια βροχόπτωση: 650mm
Έδαφος: Αργιλώδες
Existing cultivation: Pomegranates” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631733714067{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1631801361141{margin-top: 15px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/chk9NNzbNbY”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”THE FARM – THE PEOPLE – THE AREA” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631430977749{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” el_class=”text_uppercase letterspacing-2-5″][rd_line color=”#e2bf34″ width=”200″][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Charis is a young farmer who finished his agricultural diploma last year and is now taking back the family lands that were abandoned for the last decade. Intensive conventional farming in the area are posing environmental challenges to the region and are not encouraging young people to farm. Motivated young people like him need our support and can be an inspiring and hope giving example to a lot of young people. Further his social environment in Greece and abroad are embracing his initiative and efforts and can thus help upscale his efforts. His plan to make his farm open for visits from international volunteers but also local schools, to help humans reconnect with nature while showing how to produce food in abundance in a regenerative way will further increase the reach of this pilot farm.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631875386510{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”KEY CONCEPT” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631723366450{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” el_class=”text_uppercase letterspacing-2-5″][rd_line color=”#e2bf34″ width=”200″][vc_custom_heading text=”The pomegranate and olive cultivation of this farm will be converted into a complex agroforestry system by adding other crop producing plants and support species to the tree lines, complementing the existing trees. Further a market garden operation will be added between the tree lines, diversifying his farm and adding economic and ecological resilience to his farming operation. The soil fertility and water infiltration will be supported through subsoiling and the applying of self-produced biofertilizer and seeding of green manure like lugume species, grasses and taproot plants.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631733769069{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][rd_images_carousel images=”50210,50212,50214,50216″ size=”full” scroll=”yes” hide_prev_next_buttons=”yes” hide_pagination_control=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”OVERVIEW OF THE WHOLE FARM” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631801428987{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” el_class=”text_uppercase letterspacing-2-5″][vc_column_text][devvn_ihotspot id=”50374″][/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”The chosen plot before the conversion. Tree lines in monoculture.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631806953182{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”50358″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”THE TRANSITION” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631802756422{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” el_class=”text_uppercase letterspacing-2-5″][rd_line color=”#e2bf34″ width=”200″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”50360″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”TREE LINES IN DETAIL” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631789456617{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}” el_class=”letterspacing-2-5″][vc_custom_heading text=”Hover over the hotspots to learn more about each tree.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631790073171{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][vc_column_text][devvn_ihotspot id=”50335″][/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”In cases where the existing olive trees have a gap of 8m we add two emergent layer support trees like Eucalyptus, Pawlonia or Poplar, to support the system with the production of organic matter and many more. A productive medium layer and may low and ground cover layers are also being added. Always respecting the tree lines.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631802517935{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][vc_column_text][devvn_ihotspot id=”50345″][/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”In cases where the existing olive trees have a bigger gap (10m) between each other, we can add an productive emergent layer like Pecan or Waltnut in the middle between both olive trees, respecting the tree line.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631802405649{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][vc_column_text][devvn_ihotspot id=”50347″][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”The pomegranate tree lines (red lines 6-11)” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:22|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1636121285077{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”The existing tree lines in this plot will be interplanted with:” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:14|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1636120978491{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][rd_lists_ctn style=”rd_list_2″][rd_list title=”For crop” icon=”ecommerce-basket13″]Mulberry
Αρώνια
Μαύρη/άσπρη/κόκκινη Φραγκοστάφυλο
Γκότζι
Συκιά
Βατομουριά
[/rd_list][rd_list title=”For Timber” icon=”draw-tree45″]Pawlonia
Ευκάλυπτος
Poplar[/rd_list][rd_list title=”For organic matter production” icon=”zm-leaf”]Eleagnus
Λεύκα
Ακακια Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
Ευκάλυπτος
Pawlonia[/rd_list][/rd_lists_ctn][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Between the tree lines” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:22|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1635234748827{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Biomass / Green manures lines” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1635235028456{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][rd_lists_ctn style=”rd_list_2″][rd_list title=”For organic matter production” icon=”zm-leaf”]Pampas grass
Μίσχανθος
Green manure (depending on season)[/rd_list][/rd_lists_ctn][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”The olive tree lines (blue lines 1-5)” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:22|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1636121274619{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”The existing tree lines in this plot will be interplanted with:” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:14|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1636120978491{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][rd_lists_ctn style=”rd_list_2″][rd_list title=”For crop” icon=”ecommerce-basket13″]Lemon beebrush
Δαμασκηνιά
Καρυδιά
Ροδακινιά
Καρυδιά Πεκάν
[/rd_list][rd_list title=”For organic matter production” icon=”zm-leaf”]Poplar
Κατάλπα
Ευκάλυπτος
Ακακια Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
Lippia repens
[/rd_list][/rd_lists_ctn][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Between the tree lines” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:22|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1635234748827{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Biomass / Green manures lines” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1635235028456{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][rd_lists_ctn style=”rd_list_2″][rd_list title=”For organic matter production” icon=”zm-leaf”]Pampas grass
Μίσχανθος
Green manure (depending on season)[/rd_list][/rd_lists_ctn][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”FIND THE FARM” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:22|text_align:left|color:%23004941|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631452758769{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}” el_class=”letterspacing-2-5″][vc_custom_heading text=”Arrange a visit to the farm to learn more about how to convert your own farm, or to purchase products from them.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:16|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631453071109{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” link=”target:_blank”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Address: Sparta, Greece
3 h south of Athens” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:16|text_align:left|color:%23000f16|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1631807713796{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” link=”target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
