Huertas de nosara
Network of organic food gardens
The Grandmother Garden is the first of a network of organic food gardens. Working alongside Ana Rosales, Guanacaste native, and organic agriculture pioneer, we maintain two 250 m2 greenhouses. Over the past year, this community has created group gardening events for volunteers to participate in the food growing process and take fresh organic food home. We provide expertise, tools, and good vibes and encourage everyone to get a little dirty.
areas of impact
RePlant:
Organic Food Production and Seed Bank
ReConnect:
Education and Community Building
Long term vision
Grandmother Garden
• Regenerate the entire 7500 m2 finca as a permaculture demonstration garden
Other gardens
• Build and maintain 5 community gardens across Nosara
• Acquire land and start large-scale agricultural projects for mass food production
• Achieve local fresh food autonomy
phase of project
First-year
regenerative
mandates
•Provide gardens and opportunities for community involvement and education in regenerative farming
•Provide accessibility to organic food
•Provide opportunities for cross-cultural exchanges
Regenerative
validation
Increase in availability of organic and nutrient-dense food.
Diverse stakeholder group
organic nursery
The seed bank and nursery ensure a constant supply of seeds, seedlings, and young plants. It promotes biodiversity and seed autonomy as well as protects open pollination seeds and heirloom species. The nursery provides a safe place for the growth of seedlings and young plants for the community and other regenerative projects.
Areas of impact
RePlant:
Organic Food and Seed Bank
ReWild:
Land Protection and Reforestation
ReConnect:
Education and Community Building
Phase of project
Planning & Development
Long term vision
•Large-scale seed production, storage, and exchange.
•Large scale seedling and tree production
regenerative mandates
•Enhance biodiversity & protect endangered species
•Provide diverse food & medicinal seedlings
•Build a nursery for growing plants, trees, and medicinal herbs
•Provide education and incentive for seed production, collection, and storing
•Build a community seed bank
Regenerative validation
•Consistent supply of organic starters
•Functioning seed bank
•Community events focused on seed exchange and preservation.
•Availability of endangered and bio-diverse species
owms
Organic Waste Management Systems
A multi-level organic waste management system saddled with an awareness and education campaign; that revalues food, yard, lumber mill, and other organic waste products into compost or energy. We provide services, products, and knowledge, to create compost at home, within residential hubs, or at the industrial level.
Phase 1: Home
Provide personal compost systems and maintenance as well as, pick up services for food and yard waste
Phase 2: Restaurants & hotels
Pick up service for food and yard waste
Phase 3: Residential hubs
Design and maintain micro-processing sites
areas of impact
ReValue:
Create Circular Economies
ReGenerate:
Soil and Energy
ReConnect:
Education and Community Building
phase of project
Developing alliances
Fundraising
Long term vision
• Execute a zero-waste model
• Collaborate with neighboring municipalities to create economies of scale
• Collaborate with Costa Rican municipalities to scale the successful model to other communities
regenerative mandates
• Reclaim and revalue organic waste
• Increase knowledge and access to organic waste transformation
• Provide services and products needed for organic waste management
• Collect and share data
Regenerative validation
• Reduce waste going to landfills
• Create valuable compost
• Participate in the decarbonization plan of Costa Rica
Soil Resource Center
This facility will be the main hub for soil production and analysis. We want to centralize the production of soil amendments like compost and fertilizers for use in community agricultural projects.
areas of impact
ReValue:
Create Circular Economies
ReGenerate:
Soil and Energy
ReConnect:
Education and Community Building
phase of project
Fundraising
regenerative mandates
• To create valuable soil and amendments for the community.
Regenerative validation
Increase in local soil amendments
Long term vision
• Commercialize soil amendments
• Offer courses on soil regeneration
• Composting of organic & yard waste of Nosara and surrounding areas
• Offer clean-up events focused on organic waste reclamation (river beds & ‘quebradas’)
• Develop a network of soil centers
• Create a model soil resource center
biomass energy
In a collaborative pilot project with ICE & CNFL we introduce a new model of on-demand decentralized ancillary energy production. This system will revalue biomass waste with a carbon-negative process.
Areas of impact
ReValue:
Create Circular Economies
ReGenerate:
Soil and Energy
Long term vision:
To ReValue most of Costa Rica’s biomass waste through closed-loop energy and soil production
Phase of project
Planning & market research
regenerative mandates
• Provide autonomous energy
• Reclaim biomass waste
• Participate in Costa Rica’s decarbonization plan
• Implement mobil gasification plant
• Biochar production
REGENERATIVE validation:
• ReValue commercial waste
• Produce decentralized energy
• Biochar returned to the soil