4 500 km – WHAT A RIDE! Every phase of Cycle to Farms mission has been loaded with lessons and challenges. The Middle-East part was relatively short (1500km), but physically, intellectually and emotionally intense. In previous blog post, we talked about Jordan. Now we share some of our experiences in Egypt. Here we visited 2 farms, Habiba Community …
La Junquera – regenerative farm in spain In the southeast of Spain, there are serious problems with desertification due to climate change and the long history of conventional agricultural practices. The soils are degraded, aquifers are overexploited, and there is a significant biodiversity loss. Biodiversity loss is and has been an important aspect of the …
Guest post: Youth in Agriculture – Paula Trakoštanec Read More »
“Welcome to Jordan” Cycling in the ever-changing landscapes of Jordan has been magical. In 100km you could be below sea level and quickly rise up to 1400m crossing wadis, sandy deserts and rocky mountains. Ultimately, the extremely friendly and intelligent people we met here in Jordan enriched our stay. We heard the phrase “Welcome to Jordan” hundreds …
Our 5th farm stop was in Austria. Here we met Alfred Grand, an organic farmer and entrepreneur who has transformed his family’s 90-hectare conventional wine and sugar beet farm into a diversified organic arable farm, vegetable garden, agroforestry, vermi-composting, and research and demonstration hub. Alfred wants to demonstrate that it is feasible to leave …
What are the secrets of a regenerative lighthouse farm in Austria🇦🇹? Read More »
A few months ago we started with our project Cycle to Farms in which we want to learn more about #regenerativeagriculture in the EU, the Middle East and East Africa. This video shows little snippets of our #biketravel through: The Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. Let us know what you think 🙂 Support our mission …
Cycling from The Netherlands to Slovenia 🇳🇱🇩🇪🇦🇹🇸🇮 Read More »
A few months ago, it was still a dream to cycle and learn more about sustainable agricultural practices along the way. Exactly three months ago today, we started from Wageningen and now we are in Athens, Greece. We have officially cycled through the whole of Europe!!! As I type this I can’t believe it…. we …
Our third visit after 416 km of cycling – Hof Lebens berg, a 30 ha community farm. Our visit to Hof Lebens berg gave us a different perspective on the amount of work that goes into regenerating the land. Check out how they are building a healthy ecosystem and producing healthy food. We hope you …
Nature-inclusive agriculture from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 Our second farm visit after 50 km of cycling – De Biesterhof, a farm managed by Claudi Rudorf and Howard Koster. Two young people who switched their city lives in Berlin for building their own regenerative agriculture farm in a small town called Millingen aan de Rijn. We felt inspired …
2nd ep. How farmers build nature-inclusive agriculture? Read More »
2,5 months passed since we left Wageningen, we crossed the Balkan region and we are now already in Greece! Time to settle at a new farm and share our first thoughts on cycling through the Balkan region. Croatia Croatia in our opinion felt like a cross-over country. It had traits from Western European countries but …
The generosity of people It is not always easy to knock on random people’s doors and ask if we can pitch a tent in their garden… You have to overcome yourself to show your vulnerability, and fear of failure and you must trust human kindness. Humans are amazing! Full of love, empathy and compassion.So far we …