Spring in the Guadalhorce Valley
The apricot trees are already in bloom. I don’t expect a great harvest this year either, as it is a semi-desert tree and excess winter rain reduces its production. I …
Interview with Montse (Biovalle) on International Women’s Day 2026
What is your personal relationship with organic farming? Why do you do this work every day? Montse: My relationship with organic farming is personal, as I got to know it …
Reyes’ momentum on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2026
Transcript: Hello from Spain, here from Málaga. Well, I just got home from work, it’s 5 o’clock, we haven’t had lunch yet, but Yuli asked me to send a short …
The most delicious fruit known to men
Mark Twain called it ‘the most delicious fruit known to men’, C.R.Markam asserted that ‘he who has not tasted this fruit does not know what fruit is’ and Haenke crowned …
Fruit prices compared to the 1980s
Jose González of Tropicultura in Motril, talks about fruit prices now compared to the 1980s, when his grandfather was a farmer. Transcript: The price of fruit here in this region, …
The shade of the ancient custard apple tree
Story told by Jose González on Decemeber 14th 2021, edited and translated from the Spanish original. My paternal grandfather, when he was a kid, he would come with his father …
Farmers of 20 centuries
I am lucky enough to live in Andalusia, in Southern Spain, where I work with an amazing group of small farmers with whom I founded a cooperative, Tierra y Libertad. …
The difference between regenerative and conventional orchards
Tierra y Libertad visits Jose González at Tropicultura in Jete, province of Granada. In this video we see the stark difference between his regenerative agricultural techniques and his nieghbours’ conventional …
