The idea of a Community of Practice came into my field while working with Dan Palmer, a former mentor. This is a space of colleagues, of open source sharing, of brainstorming, and humility. Occasionally, in this digital day and age, we get the chance to form this community in person, but often it comes alive online. Milan Marquis, a colleague working in Spain, is facilitating one of these communities through long form interviews with different Syntropic Farming practioners around the world. I was fortunate to join him for a deep dive exploring my experience in agroforestry, permaculture design, and applying Syntropic Farming to the land projects we support.

In the tropics, the challenge isn’t usually a lack of growth; it’s the sheer, overwhelming abundance of it. When you step onto a degraded pasture with the purpose of regeneration the immediate question is not "Will things grow?" but rather, "How do I organize what grows?"