From an exclusively technical point of view, syntropic farming is the application of 5 simple principles within a specific context.
(More on the 5 principles in a later post)
It is common to hear syntropic growers utter “Context is everything!”
Well, I’m not a fan of absolutes but this syntropic commonplace is rather adequate because no two projects have the same context, even if they’re adjacent to each other, with the same people looking after them.
Context in syntropics goes from the “lay of the land”, to its climate; from the available resources (water, access, infrastructure, time, money), to the light, rain and wind patterns of the land; from the time and energy the land custodians have to offer the land, to their wants and needs from the land.
I find that syntropy is best understood by describing its opposite concept, entropy.
An entropic system is associated with energy degradation and that tends to simplification. A bonfire is a great example of an entropic process, organic matter is consumed for the production of energy, which is quickly scattered and where we’re left with nothing but ashes.
On the other hand, a syntropic system is one which becomes more complex and diverse with the passage of time, ever increasing the production, storage and variety of energy.
Entropic systems consume matter and disperse energy; Syntropic ones accumulate both matter and energy, becoming more complex with the passage of time.
A syntropic system creates ever increasing abundance throughout time.
Back to food production, a syntropic system is a form of process based agriculture, where the system’s needs are produced within the system itself (Imagine a natural forest - it thrives without human intervention or external inputs), as opposed to the current paradigm of soil degrading input based systems, which is typical to industrial production systems.
By using syntropic principles within a specific context, not only are we ensuring the production of nutrient dense foods and materials for generations to come, restoring soil fertility, water retention and biodiversity, but we’re regenerating ecosystems in a fraction of the time it would take Nature to do by Itself.
By observing and interacting with living systems, we get to become co-creators with God, Nature, Universe - or whatever word makes you most comfortable to describe Source, that light-based higher power.
By developing an active relationship with a living system - which is based on cooperation and unconditional love - we get to improve our health and wellbeing, being filled with an all encompassing sense of inner pleasure.
By having chosen to put my hands in the soil - when I was at my mental and emotional lowest - I got to heights never experienced before.
Today, I am living my life’s mission, connecting people to their highest selves using the soil as the medium.
The results have been most rewarding. I’ve witnessed the sparkle in land custodians’ eyes when they step into their role as co-creators of abundant living systems; when they feel empowered to take action based on their growing intuition.
Magic and Connection are the two words that best describe what Syntropic gardening is to me.
I’ve been developing a relationship with all living systems I've helped co-create (and the people looking after them), connecting to them and the higher power that encircles us all.
During my journey, I realised I haven’t been learning anything, I’ve been remembering.
I’ve been tapping into an ancestral knowledge that is available to (and deep within) each one of us - Yes, you too!
That sounds like magic, right? Well, it is!
Magic & Connection!!
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