Agroforestry Wisdom & Techniques: Gabriel's Insights

Meet Gabriel; a skilled practitioner of syntropic agroforestry in the heart of Brazil, growing artisanal coffee, bananas, citrus, edible roots and other products.

Like a wise philosopher, Gabriel shares deep insights about applying ecological processes in agriculture, and how capitalism fits into the future of agroforestry.

Gabriel's passion and expertise really shines through, and I'm beyond excited to share this experience with you.

It was an absolute privilege to spend so much time with him during my travels around Brazil.

Get ready to learn and be inspired by Gabriel's knowledge, agroforestry systems and wisdom.

Follow his journey on IG @chacara.suindara

- Byron

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Timestamps

0:00 Agroforestry makes a LOT of sense

0:44 WE are the Nature

1:34 Reforest the planet in 15 years

1:59 Started from Grass

2:16 Earth is a Mother

2:33 Grass Holds Back Forest

2:50 Fast Growers Support Slow Growers

3:37 Letting Emergents Go Wild

4:33 Gabriel’s Food Forest

7:19 Abandoning Areas

7:57 Relationship with Fire

9:26 Doing Ant Work

10:04 Extroverted Banana, Introverted Citrus

11:18 Why Nobody Wants to be in Agriculture

11:49 Modern Life is in the City

12:16 Afastar Floresta

13:02 The Forest is WILD

14:51 No War

17:42 Look at the SYSTEM

18:45 Modern Society Wants us at War

19:56 Abundance Strategy

20:29 High Density Avo Line

21:38 Avocado Pruning for Strata

23:01 Growth Hormone

23:50 Pruning Keeps Plants Healthy

24:12 System is an Organism

27:46 Using Capitalism

29:10 Living With the Culture

29:41 Pruning Time

32:02 Only Do What is Obvious

32:22 Hungry Soil Nutrient Cycling

34:05 Choosing a Profession

34:30 Accumulation System

35:23 Intervention Context

36:27 Approvetar

37:08 Banana is Mother

37:47 Not Only About Food

39:53 Poor Agriculture … So Many Problems