Syntropic Farming Primer: Online Course

Scott Gallant, one of the co-founders of Porvenir Design, in collaboration with Javan Bernakevitch of Regenerative Living Online , will be offering our second Syntropic Farming Primer Course.

COST

REGULAR PRICE $549 USD

PRE-LAUNCH PRICE $399 USD (This is a one-time price that will be offered to anyone on the course list before the public course launch for a limited time)

PreLaunch Survey and Course Information

WHEN

Wednesdays 5pm PT, 6pm MT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET - 2 hrs per session

• Feb 11 2026 - Session 1 - Introduction to Syntropic Farming

• Feb 18 2026- Session 2 - Natural Succession and Life Cycle Details

• Feb 25 2026 - Session 3 - Stratification and Light Requirements Details

• Mar 4 2026 - Session 4 - Consortium and Planting Design 1

• Mar 11 2026 - Session 5 - Consortium and Planting Design 2

• Mar 18 2026- - Session 6 - Installation and Management

  • Two Week Reading/Study Break

• Apr 8 2026  - Session 7 - Mediterranean and Temperate Climates

• Apr 15 2026  - Session 8 - Final Project Presentation

Workshop Overview

Syntropic Farming is an agroforestry practice that has recently been gaining immense popularity as it moves around the world from its origin point at Ernst Gotsch’s farm in Bahia, Brazil. Widely regarded as one of the most innovative forms of agriculture today, Syntropic Farming is a unique process-based farming practice that helps you grow food from day 30 to year 30, all while reforesting the landscape.

PreLaunch Survey and Course Information

This course provides the understanding of how we can work from “clearing to clearing”, using forest succession as the model  to grow food and regenerate ecosystems. The Syntropic Farming Primer introduces the concept of Syntropic Farming while laying out a clear framework to follow for anyone who wants to begin implementing these systems on their own property, anywhere in the world. Together we move from theory to design to implementation, so that you can spend more time planting and managing your land, than having to second guess your design.

The examples will be drawn predominantly from the tropics of Costa Rica, where Scott Gallant, the instructor works and resides, but also from Brazil, Mexico and the Mediterranean, where he has studied, visited, designed and installed numerous syntropic farming projects. 

Students will;

• gain a clear understanding of the theory behind Syntropic Farming.

• be able to articulate the principles and characteristics specific to Syntropic Farming.

• create their own consortium of plants and build out a species list for their climate

• practice designing field plots under different contexts (their own, that of classmates, etc).

• understand the process of implementing their own system from plant propagation to soil preparation to synchronized planting.

• see examples of key management practices related to pruning, biomass management, etc.

• explore various contexts from small scale urban spaces, to mechanized systems, to animal incorporation.

This English language course seeks to translate the key content of syntropic farming that is often only found in Portuguese. This is not an advanced course, nor a comprehensive exploration of the topic. It is a course that will present a complete picture of the essential concepts of Syntropic Farming, creating coherency, and most importantly presenting a simple roadmap for beginning your own planting, however small.

This course will give you the confidence to plant your first syntropic square meter!

To find out more about the course and tell us about your interest in attending, please follow the link to our PreLaunch Survey.