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Regenerative Agriculture in Spain: Saving the Climate with Grazing Livestock
Export-oriented agriculture is one of Spain’s largest greenhouse gas emitters. However, there are alternatives that are economical – and help to make the country, which

Documentary: Badlands – An Ultra-Cycling Race in Southern Spain’s Wilderness Aims to Transform the Region
Nathalie is participating in “Badlands,” one of the most demanding gravel bike races in the world, held annually in the breathtaking yet challenging landscape of

“Raices del Valle” evento en La Junquera
Video que relata el evento “Raices del Valle” que hicimos en el marco del proyecto de restuaración del Valle del Quipar, con antiguos habitantes del

Oases in the desert: The farmers regenerating the landscape in southern Spain
Rain drums on the roof of the bunkhouse at Camp Altiplano, a five-hectare ecosystem restoration project in the high plains of Murcía in south-eastern Spain.

La finca de agricultura regenerativa “La Junquera” recibe una mención especial en los “Premios de Inspiración Agraria y Rural” 2024
La Red Europea de la PAC otorga una mención especial a la finca La Junquera dentro de los “Premios de Inspiración Agraria y Rural” (ARIA)

(Dutch)Trouw: Spanish farmers take on the fight against drought: ‘We are restoring what we have destroyed’
Spanje is het land in Europa waar de woestijn oprukt. Ook het tekort aan water neemt toe. Klimaatverandering is niet de enige oorzaak. De bodem,

Podcast Crowdfarming: Why regenerative agriculture is worth the hype – with Alfonso Chico de Guzman
Alfonso Chico de Guzmán, experto en agricultura regenerativa, agricultor y cofundador de La Junquera, comparte su viaje hacia la agricultura regenerativa y explica cómo fue

Resilience Food Stories: Desertification in Spain
Along with Greece, Italy and Portugal, Spain is the country in continental Europe that is faced with the largest percentage of desertification and the greatest

Deep Seed Podcast: Saving agriculture in Spain with regenerative farming practices(Alfonso Chico de Guzman – La Junquera)
Episode Description Since taking over his family farm, Alfonso Chico de Guzman has transformed La Junquera 🇪🇸 into one of the largest regenerative farms in

La Junquera se suma a la restauración de zonas naturales
Los trabajos de restauración de ecosistemas en La Junquera han consistido en la plantación de 10.000 plantas autóctonas. La Junquera, gestionada por nuestros colaboradores y

Diario El País: La lucha contra la desertificación de Andalucía y Murcia, el triángulo más árido de España, en imágenes
Medio millar de agricultores y activistas pelean para que el sudeste peninsular reverdezca. La finca La Junquera, en el extremo occidental de la provincia de

Fundación MAPFRE: Social innovation against rural desertification
One of the images generally used to visualize a future scenario with more than 2ºC , is the increase in sea level that would flood

La Junquera: experimental almond plots case study
In the landscape of southern Spain, dryland almond farming has been growing as a promising cash crop. Almond farming although being a quite good drought

15 Years Ago They Restored an Abandoned Spanish Village
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys to Southern Spain to visit the restored village of La Junquera and the world’s first Ecosystem Restoration Community, Camp Altiplano.

Climate Smart Demo: Holistic grazing in semi-arid areas
In this video, Clara Bosch presents holistic grazing as a climate-smart farming and regenerative farming practice at La Junquera farm, as a part of the

Climate Farm Demo: How to make swales for water retention in dry areas
In this video, Clara Bosch explains the importance of swales in climate-smart farming at La Junquera Farm. Swales help capture and infiltrate rainwater, preventing soil

Climate Farm Demo: Eco-Schemes in semi-arid farming
The team at La Junquera hosts a Climate Farm Demo Day that focuses on implementing eco-friendly schemes in semi-arid regions like Murcia, Spain. These eco-schemes

Climate Farm Demo: How to create ponds of water retention in dry areas
As part of the Climate Farm Demo Project, Clara Bosch from the Regeneration Academy and farmer Alfonso Chico de Guzmán present climate-smart farming practices at

Intercambio con Climate Farmers: Transformando espacios rurales en centros de aprendizaje
Encuentro de Jacobo Monereo y Jerónimo Romero con la comunidad de agricultores de Climate Farmers, para contarles nuestra experiencia desde la Regeneration Academy y La

La revolución latente. Un documental del proyecto europeo Agrodiverso
La Latencia es el periodo en el que una semilla esta inactiva, en reposo, guardando todo su potencial, esperando un cambio favorable que la active

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen: Farming against climate change
This documentary by Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen in German is part of a series called “Plan B”. Trees in the field, water channels on the farmland

Investing in Regenerative Agriculture podcast: Yanniek Schoonhoven
A conversation with Yanniek Schoonhoven, co-founder of the Regeneration Academy, a physical learning hub and model farm in the South of Spain, about building a

Proyecto Mies: “Emprendedores Rurales y la Regeneration Academy”
Formar, capacitar e inspirar a los principales agentes del sector agroalimentario y futuras generaciones en agricultura regenerativa, iImpulsando esta transición a través de la educación

Our aromatics fields: Juntos Farm & La Junquera
This video was done as part of our collaboration with Juntos Farm in the essential oil supply

Patagonia: Farmlands restoration stories
Part of “Farmland Restoration Stories” a series of short videos done by the clothing brand Patagonia, showcasing inspiring stories that are regenerating the land, and

Driving the tractor into a greener direction
Sustainable governance modes to increase the implementation of best management practices preventing erosion on arable land by farmers in Andalusia.

Bridging the gap between theory and practice in agro-ecological farming
Analyzing knowledge co-creation among farmers and scientific researchers in southern spain

A wetland to take care of
A baseline study of the current situation of the wetland on la junquera and its potential climate change effects

Yanniek Schoonhoven & Alfonso Chico de Guzmán – La Junquera
La Junquera is een biologische en regeneratieve boerderij van 1.100 hectare in het noordwesten van Murcia, een van de meest verwoestijnde gebieden van Spanje. Er

Yanniek Schoonhoven – Training the next generation of farmers with an academy and regenerative farm of 1100HA
A conversation with Yanniek Schoonhoven, co-founder of the Regeneration Academy, a physical learning hub and model farm in the South of Spain, about building a

Regenerative farming on the edge of the desert, with Yanniek Schoonhoven
There are a few farms and organizations here in Spain that have been gaining international attention for their work and initiatives in the past few