How To Use Organic Principles for Tropical Farming

Roger Gietzen from Global Freedom Project at ECHO introduces the principles of syntropic agriculture and demonstrates how to design, establish, and manage a tropical farming system using nature-based, soil-building practices. Discover how succession, biodiversity, strategic pruning, and on-farm biomass can improve soil health, reduce reliance on external inputs, and support productive, resilient farming systems that align with many organic and sustainable agriculture principles.

This video is supported by the USDA’s Transition to Organic Partnership Program, part of the USDA Organic Transition Initiative and administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service National Organic Program.

This video is produced by the National Center for Appropriate Technology through the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program under a cooperative agreement with USDA Rural Development.