Finca Tierra

Full Video with Ian and Ana at Finca Tierra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM5WO5vW00A ----------- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87e7VdYSGLU&list=PL4rkdswGyCzWQzYY2_vGrCvFnCFo9VIP7&index=52&t=12s In 2008 we bought an abandoned cattle pasture, located in the middle of the jungle in the Caribbean coast of Cost Rica. We took down all the barbed wire and got busy bringing the fertility back to this heavily dreaded land. We knew one thing. In order to attain a real sustainable lifestyle, we needed to help Earth regenerate. We had one goal. How to create a productive ecosystem, that builds soil while making food and integrate ourselves into it. We wanted to co-create our support system to provide for all of our needs. It needed to produce our building materials so we could have a modern comfortable home. We needed cheap, functional solutions to supply all of our energy and water. We began by analyzing our diet and decided to try to produce everything we bought from the store. How do we produce all of our calories, fats, carbs, minerals, vitamins and proteins? We experimented with all the different edible plants that grow well in this soil. We identified the plants that produced lots of nutrition with little effort. Then learned to master preparing them. From flours made from roots, to coconut and avocado oils to “supplements” like leafy green powder blends. We even make our own chocolate, coffee, sugar, and process our own Caribbean sea salt! We went all out selecting the best varieties, learning all the processes and acquiring all the tools to make this a realistic cost-effective lifestyle. With our needs met in a few short years and plenty of leisure time to just enjoy life, we realized if we were to have any impact on the world we needed to teach others, lots of them, and fast! We got to work multiplying the system to provide for other people and developed a training center next to our homestead. We called it Finca Tierra Permaculture or Eart