Pomegranates Pilot Farm

The pomegranate and olive cultivation of this farm was 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 was planned between the tree lines, diversifying his farm and adding economic and ecological resilience to his farming operation. […]

Olives Pilot Farm

This farm is organic since 1985 with hundreds of years old olive trees that were cultivated from by the grandparents of the owner. In 2015 the transition to agroforestry happened first unintentionally, through the grafting of all the citrus trees and the sudden high exposure of the ground to sunlight. Soon after, due to the […]

Grains And Legumes & Market Garden Pilot Farm

The Farm The People The Area The EcoGaia team consists of two young farmers that come from the area of Trikala, where they are farming now. They are both highly involved in social movements all over Greece and are not only known for their vegetable baskets and their polyculture farm, but also for their work […]

Almond Pilot Farm

The Farm The People The Area Christos Kontomanos joined the cob.gr organization that was initiated by his father 20 years ago, after having finished his agronomy degree, bringing in the farming operation to the project. The organization is working since 20 years on natural building techniques with many experimental buildings and DIY applications on site […]