By Johanna Barba | Sinal do Vale Team
We like to get creative exploring possibilities of using the abundant resources of the forest, in a way that gives value to innovative techniques of forest regeneration. Agroforestry is a land use management system in which trees are grown next to crops or pastures, to increase biodiversity, keep the soil rich and reduce erotion.
One of our agroforestry prototypes was specifically designed choosing certain fruits that grow easily in the Mata Atlantica and have plenty of sugars. We planted amora, jabuticava (Brazilian grapetree), Bananas, Guava, Pin among others, so our research and development coordinator could have a steady supply close by to develop a series of wines in the hopes of finding a good combination thatcould be scalable.
So far, we've tried pure jabuticava wine, banana-pineapple and amora. We'll see how many more combinations we come up with - it's all about being creative, and taking advantage of the abundance of the forest.
A huge thank you to our donors who enable us to find creative ways to save our rainforest!
By Johanna Barba | Sinal do Vale Team
By Katie | Project Coordinator
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