Biodynamic banana farming in Colombia - Demeter

Welcome to the banana farm Granja Fatima in Santa Marta, Colombia!
A beautiful experience of a "forest of bananas".
Visit this biodynamic and Demeter certified farm in Colombia and follow the farmers Victoria and Louis who guide us around.
"This is a unit. The farm Granja is not only what its certifications imply, but what it is as a unit. A farm as a farm: Our Granja Fatima is beautiful. You walk around and you realize that you are in another place. It is not that I tell you, I invite you to walk it. " - Victoria Bernier
Bananas are healthy, that is well known - the perfect fruit and a source of vitamins, minerals and fibre. They are considered a whole meal and are popular with young and old.
Bananas are also a problematic fruit though - precisely because of their popularity. Global demand leads to monoculture cultivation, optimised for mass, which can destroy entire ecosystems. This is accompanied by massive use of chemicals: the banana industry is a sector with high pesticide consumption. This has devastating consequences for the soil, groundwater, and biodiversity. Above all, the health of the workers on the plantations, who are sometimes exposed to the highly toxic chemicals without protection.
Demeter bananas are different from all other bananas on the market, because they stand for more than “organic” can offer. They are grown according to the highest organic standards. They are not optimised to maximise profits and are consistently grown without artificial pesticides and pollutants. Furthermore, they are the product of the values of Demeter producers who think and act with love, strength, joy and freedom. Demeter practises a holistic agriculture.
Discover in this video how Demeter bananas are being grown, about the role of good fertile soil and biodiversity.
Also in this film: Plastic-free banana farming - pioneer work in Colombia!
Did you know that regular banana farming uses quite some plastic material? It needs plastic bags for the bunch, the bunch separator and nylon threads. This results in huge amounts of plastic waste. Some Demeter farms are successfully experimenting with paper material, such as the Dominique Farms “Granja” and “Campo Alegre” in Santa Marta in Colombia. Here, plastic free packaging reduces 120,4 kg per year and hectare. Additionally the farm absorbs CO2 and thereby reduces the net carbon footprint.
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Film credits: Jonathan Alvarez

[@reginaobermayr-breitfu1232]

Wunderful, perfect

[@anitaklenert7481]

Welch ein Segen für die Erde, die Natur, den Boden, die Pflanze, uns Menschen und das Kollektiv. 🙏🙏❤❤🙏🙏

[@millanferende6723]

My friend introduced me to Demeter a few months ago, and to be honest, I did not expect that I would feel such a difference. Lightness in my body and overall well being. I saw what is possible. I am not eating it right now daily, as that would be expensive at the moment and a shop is a bit far away, but I feel inspired to drive by it on the way from work and really make a meal out of it occasionally. The thing is, I feel like if you are eating Demeter food, then you should keep eating Demeter, otherwise your body goes back to normal with the regular food, and so it needs to be maintained. So I really hope and expect this kind of food to grow, especially among conscious minded individuals and societies. I am writing this here for encouragement.. I see that you guys don't have relatively as many followers, but I believe it might be because people actually want to buy the food, instead of following it.
Perhaps if you also focus a lot more on the actual health benefits of eating such foods, for an individual, especially if you can back it by sciences, then more people will actually buy it. Unfortunately people are also selfish, and they are more likely to buy something if they know and feel it has an effect on their well being, sustaining the environment becomes then like an emotional big bonus.
Thank you for what you do.

[@zacharyhernandezgomez8999]

hola , excelente !!! felicidades . me gustaria saber donde conseguir las bolsas biodegradables que estan usando para el embolsado del racimo . me gustaria implementarlo en mi cultivo . gracias