To Till or Not to Till That is The Question.
In Episode 03 of Amar La Tierra, we hosted 3 local farmers LIVE on Ibiza farm Can Cristofol in San Lorenzo at sunset, to discuss how and when the soil should be tilled.
Often we are told it is a local tradition and that the Balearic Red earth has been tilled for hundreds of years, but machines only came to be fifty years ago.
Before that many animals were involved in this process and tilling was also done by hand.
Youri heads up the stewardship of the land at @cancristofolibiza, and he tills by hand.
We also hear from Roberto Contaldo - the “Italian Horse Whisperer” in the episode who works with Equitraccion, to plough the earth when needed.
Borja Cami also joins the trio as an experienced agronomist who works with large and small scale farms across the mainland and also within the Balearics.
This Episode was recorded LIVE in front of an audience at In June as a launch party & fundraiser for the show with a farm to table dinner.
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En el episodio 03 de Amar La Tierra, la periodista Jo Youle recibe a 3 agricultores locales en la finca ibicenca Can Cristofol, en San Lorenzo, al atardecer, para debatir cómo y cuándo debe labrarse la tierra.
Es un tema controvertido para muchos. A menudo se nos dice que es una tradición local y que la tierra roja balear se labra desde hace cientos de años, pero las máquinas sólo se empezaron a utilizar hace cincuenta años. Antes de eso, muchos animales participaban en este proceso y el laboreo se hacía a mano.
Youri es el agricultor que lidera el cuidado de la tierra en Can Cristofol y crea bancales elevados que hace y labra a mano, también escuchamos en el episodio a Roberto Contaldo que trabaja con caballos para remover la tierra y arar la tierra. , y Borja Cami también se une al trío como un agrónomo experimentado que trabaja con explotaciones a pequeña y gran escala en toda la península y también en las Baleares.
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GANG OF WITCHES - Ibiza Podcast - Episode #14 WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE FOR FOSSIL FUELS IN THE BALEARICS?
Back in 2012, environmental NGO'S, business associations and local authorities on Ibiza set up the Alianza Mar Blava to protect the Balearics from oil exploration. Projects just off the islands of Ibiza, Formentera, Mallorca and Minorca… were all being lined up in the sights of a huge oil company and news of it didn't drop, until permits had already been issued & the admin process was in full swing .
As the permits had already been given to Cairn Energy, they said it was too late and it was a done deal, but thankfully the residents of these islands didn't take the news laying down, and immediately, action was brought. As it turned out, environmental approval was still needed from the government in Madrid and the Director of IbizaPreservation at the time Sandra Benbeniste Millán played a key role in grinding this action to a halt which was how the Alliance came to be.
In today's Gang Of Witches Ibiza Podcast episode No.14, we hear more about this action & more recent attempts by big Oil giants locally, but also we hear of huge news to celebrate the big win of last year and the last 8 and a half years of work with the creation of the climate change law.
Sara Pizzinato is an activist and part of the Alliance and gives her insights into the use of fossil fuels on the islands, in this episode. but also we her of huge news to celebrate the big win of last year and the last 8 and a half years of work with the creation of the climate change law.
Sara is an activist and part of the Alliance and gives her insights into the use of fossil fuels on the islands, in this episode.
POD LINK: https://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/14-what-does-the-future-look-like-for-fossil-fuels-in/id1543920053?i=1000549594216
Spotify : In English : https://open.spotify.com/episode/0HpRszbPrvYtk3y2CWocC6?si=ePkANkGJSsuML0B2msNF1w
In Spanish : https://open.spotify.com/
