028 - 8 razones por las que planté fresnos en mi bosque sintrópico

I'm continuing to expand the farm's biomass production lines, but this time with a species very different from those usually mentioned when discussing syntropic agriculture: the ash tree. Many people associate biomass production almost exclusively with eucalyptus. And although I'm also experimenting with a eucalyptus line on the farm, I believe it's important to explore species native to our ecosystems that can fulfill the same function. In this video, I share the eight reasons why I've decided to plant ash trees as biomass trees and explain what characteristics I'm really looking for in a species intended to nourish the soil. I also discuss a problem currently affecting European ash trees: a disease caused by a fungus originating in Asia that is causing high mortality rates in many populations across the continent. I take this opportunity to reflect on how syntropic agriculture interprets these types of natural processes and what we can learn from them when designing forest-inspired systems. Because in syntropy, it's not about copying a list of species, but about understanding the processes that make an ecosystem function in order to adapt those principles to each climate and territory. If you're interested in syntropic agriculture, agroforestry, regenerative agriculture, and the design of edible forests adapted to Europe, I hope you enjoy this new episode. And if you want to continue learning with me and discover the real experiments I conduct on the farm, you can join the weekly newsletter - https://subscribepage.io/VEUevd