Agroforestry
Our Goals
In 2025, train 25 farmers, each implementing a 1/4 acre practice plot.
In 2026, train 60 additional farmers and 4 new trainers, scaling to 2.5 acre demonstration parcels.
Deliver measurable outcomes: long-term soil health improvements, resilient ecosystems, and sustainable livelihoods.
Support incubation of farmer-led businesses: mango, cacao, timber processing for fair pricing and value-added products.
Up to 6 tons CO₂/acre captured
and stored every year
Biodiversity increases, improved
water retention, and zero agrochemicals
$3,000 - $5,000/acre/year
increased income from cacao, fruit and timber products
How We Have Prepared
Our partner organizations, Regeneration Field Institute and Los Arboleros Farm, have been trialing diverse soil restoration agroforestry techniques since 2017. The systems at the institute are now compelling examples of how to reverse the fortunes of a farm highly degraded by cattle farming and agrochemicals using regenerative agroforestry. This local and permanent example in the farming community of Chone is key resource to aid us in making a compelling argument about the economic and technical viability of regenerative agroforestry.
Our Focus
Our focus is on building practice agroforestry plots for dozens of new farmers each season, creating seedbanks and demonstration sites, training farmers in successional agroforestry installation and management methodologies.
Most important of all, we are building networks of trainers and support networks of farmers who share a vision for agroecological production.
Our Training Methodology
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Field work
Farmers in our training program gain technical experience by working alongside other farmers in the field to develop syntropic agroforestry systems.
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Classroom training
In addition to field work, farmers hear from syntropic agroforestry trainers to understand the theory and design of how syntropic farming mimics natural systems.
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Practice
Once farmers have a grasp of the concepts and theories behind syntropic agroforestry, they put their knowledge to practice by planting a syntropic plots on their own farm.
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Supplies
In our training program, farmers earn tools, trees, and seeds in order to successfully develop their agroforestry systems and be equipped to expand their knowledge effectively.
Our Partners in Agroforestry
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Regeneration Field Institute (RFI)
Educational and design collaborations for the next generation of bamboo professionals.
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Rotary International
Funding support for community and environmental impact projects. Funded 2025 training program.
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Los Arboleros Farm
Field-based implementation and training farm site for successional agroforestry in the province of Manabi, Ecuador.
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Eko Rural
Collaborating on farmer training models and implementation of sustainable agriculture development across Ecuador.