News and updates
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Exploring Best Practices in Sicily, Italy
Exploring Best Practices in Sicily, ItalyOn the 16th and 17th of April 2024, partners of the GROW Your Own Tree project, alongside dedicated volunteers, visited Sicily, Italy. The gathering aimed to facilitate the exchange, gathering, and selection of best practices...
Our second newsletter
Embracing self-subsistanceIn the heart of modern Europe, a resurgence of a time-honored practice is taking root - self-sustenance agriculture. This movement marks a return to the basics, where individuals and communities cultivate their own food, connecting deeply...
Our first newsletter is published
Our first newsletter is all about the importance of self-sufficiency. You will find 10 reasons why you should choose self-sufficiency and how it benefits you. You will also find stories from our participants who have actively participated in the project. You will get...
We’ve created our very own garden
Grow volunteers planted our very own garden. We planted and sowed some basic vegetables. We learned which vegetables go together and brightened up the garden with herbs and flowers.
We all came together for the first time
After all the individual meetings, we all met together for the first time. We have a wish list, we have knowledge that we are ready to share and now we have a plan of how we are going to get together.
Kmetija Pleško
Pleško Farm Our farm is located on a small hill above Otočec, where we have been farming since time immemorial. We used to be livestock farmers, but about a quarter of a century ago we switched to fruit and vegetable production and abandoned livestock farming...
Updates
Exploring Best Practices in Sicily, Italy
Exploring Best Practices in Sicily, ItalyOn the 16th and 17th of April 2024, partners of the GROW Your Own Tree project, alongside dedicated volunteers, visited Sicily, Italy. The gathering aimed to facilitate the exchange, gathering, and selection of best practices...
Our second newsletter
Embracing self-subsistanceIn the heart of modern Europe, a resurgence of a time-honored practice is taking root - self-sustenance agriculture. This movement marks a return to the basics, where individuals and communities cultivate their own food, connecting deeply...
Our first newsletter is published
Our first newsletter is all about the importance of self-sufficiency. You will find 10 reasons why you should choose self-sufficiency and how it benefits you. You will also find stories from our participants who have actively participated in the project. You will get...
