Terra Sintrópica
Terra Sintrópica is a community-driven regenerative initiative in Mértola, Alentejo, restoring semi-arid ecosystems through syntropic agrofo…
Syntropic Farming
Syntropic agriculture builds dense food forests in successive layers. Terra Sintrópica in Mértola uses it to turn dry Alentejo land into productive ecosystems.
Projects in this focus
Herdade do Freixo do Meio
Herdade do Freixo do Meio is a protected agroecological estate in Montemor-o-Novo, Alentejo, combining organic food production, biodiversity…
Terramay
Terramay is a 560-hectare regenerative farm on the banks of the Alqueva reservoir in Alentejo, producing honest, nutrient-dense food without…
Syntropic farming in Portugal
Syntropic agriculture plants dense, layered systems and manages them by pruning, the cuttings feed the soil, and the planting is designed to move through successive stages the way a forest does. It came from Brazil, via Ernst Götsch, and it is being adapted to a Mediterranean climate that is far drier than the one it was developed in.
Terra Sintrópica works in Mértola, on some of the driest land in the Alentejo, which makes it a useful test of whether the method travels.
Courses and demonstration plots are central to how the method is shared here. The agroforestry and regenerative agriculture focuses sit closest to it. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.