‘t Gagel
Farm name
‘t Gagel
Farm type
Market garden & agroforestry
Location
Gelderland, Netherlands
Farm size
45 hectares
Primary soil type
Loamy-sand soil
Temperature range
-15° – 40° degrees Celsius, USDA 8a
Average precipitation
800 mm/ year
Social structure
Land loaned farm with split ownership
Sales channels
Direct sales, coowners, and processing companies in the future
Produce
Vegetables, fruit in the future
Contact
The Southern Light Farm
‘t Gagel Farm‘s transition to regenerative farming
Climate Farmer since
2021
Regenerative from beginning
Investment costs
- Access to Land and buildings (4.3mio), -The biggest barrier to transition – speculative market-driven
- Storage, Processing Infrastructure
- Machinery
- Make existing infrastructure workable
Practices
Challenges so far
Personal transformation (change of farm lands)
Outcomes so far
- Big changes in diversity through a changed mowing regime
- The soil was very stinking (ammoniac), now no smell anymore
- Mice and birds are coming back
- Compaction is massively improving through biodiversity, like moles
- Water infiltration and soil structure are improving
Learnings of your journey
- Start small, everything takes more labor than you initially think
- Focus on planning and prioritizing
- Learning curves are slow because you learn only once a year of your doings
- Get a lot of experience, expose yourself to your endurance
— The reason why ‘t Gagel decided to become a training farm
Future ambitions
Agroforestry
Create a radical new culture: A new way of thinking and working by teaching and providing knowledge
This farm is part of something bigger.
So can you. Apply for the Regenerative Agronomy Training.
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