Visiting the food forest of Adeje
On 01.07.2024 Patrick and David as representatives of Finca Encuentro together with the agronomist Juan Antonio Hernandez, creator of the food forest of Adeje made a guided tour of the forest. This food forest is a pilot project on the island which is run by the municipality of Adeje. We learned about the treatment of the soil, the distribution of the plants and different topics related to the creation of an edible forest. The experience was really inspiring.
Corporate volunteering at Finca Encuentro
On 20.06.2024, within the framework of the III corporate volunteering days organised by the Cabildo de Tenerife and in collaboration with Canarias 0 plastico and Finca Encuentro, the company WTW with its General Manager for the Canary Islands Carlos and 7 colleagues went on a guided tour of the applied sustainability centre and organic farm Finca Encuentro. Afterwards, the volunteer activity focused on composting and soil treatment. The visitors enjoyed a refreshment of aromatic herbs from the farm before saying goodbye to a successful activity.
Joint visit of Finca Encuentro and the EOI of Icod to the ITER (Institute of technology and renewable energy).
We made a guided tour of the facilities where we paid special attention to the solar and wind energy parks, as well as to the bioclimatic alternative constructions.
Donation to the Banco de alimentos fundación Jose Luis Montesinos
Finca Encuentro donated 150 kg of organic bananas from its own harvest to the Banco de alimentos fundación Jose Luis Montesinos.
Donation to the Santa Rita Foundation
Finca Encuentro in collaboration with the Lions Club of Puerto de la Cruz has made a donation of organic canary bananas to the Santa Rita Foundation.Present at the delivery were the president of the lions club Cloti + another representative, the director of the Santa Rita foundation Victor and David from Finca Encuentro.
The first Tropical Brunch was held at Finca Encuentro
Finca Encuentro welcomed spring with a great proposal: Connection with nature through a guided tour accompanied by a brunch.People arrived with great expectation. Both Patrick and David, founding partners and hosts, received them with enthusiasm. They toured the farm, explained the principles of permaculture and the characteristics of the project. SPRING GREENHOUSE During the morning participants enjoyed a delicious vegan brunch in the greenhouse that was set up and decorated for the occasion.The menu consisted of plantain tacos, homemade soybean stew, tofu and hummus, beet mayonnaise, overflowing chard stalks, fruit salad and cold infusions. Both adults and children savored the gastronomic proposals of Cristiano, a specialist in vegan food who gave a talk. All the vegetables were picked directly from the garden.The evening was enlivened with live music by Matías, an experimental musician.
ASHOTEL and Finca Encuentro look for ways of collaboration
Enrique Padrón and Vicente Díaz from Ashotel, the Hotel and Extra-Hotel Association of Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro, visited Finca Encuentro. David, founding partner, gave them a tour of the space and then they talked in the greenhouse.The conversation revolved around the possibility of joint collaboration in the Circular Tourist Communities programme, which manages waste, according to their website, “to convert it into compost for the organic cultivation of fruit and vegetables, which will form part of the gastronomic offer of these same participating hotel establishments”.
ERASMUS+ Students visit the Finca
This week we were visited by a group of ERASMUS+ students from Poland to learn more about permaculture. ERASMUS+ is an EU programme for education, training, youth and sport. The group, composed of psychologists and occupational therapists, is running a course in Tenerife on the application of permaculture in the rehabilitation of patients with addiction problems.Founding member Patrick, a permaculture teacher in process, led the activity. He welcomed them in the greenhouse where he showed them the basic principles of permaculture. Then they had a tour of the farm, got to know the working methods and had a breakfast prepared by our cook Cristiano.Finally they did a workshop on Bokashi, a Japanese method of fermented compost. It has several advantages over traditional composting, it can process a wider range of organic waste, the fermentation process is faster and it is suitable for both large and small gardens.The students were satisfied with the knowledge acquired.
Banana donation to the canary foundation Jose Montesinos
Donation of banana also in February to the foundation Jose Montesinos, what we like so much is the super nice and grateful people doing a very good job in the foundation that we like to support.
Finca Encuentro promotes networking and cooperation
At the beginning of February, the farm organised a meeting of Ecofincas in Puerto de la Cruz, with the farms La Castaña, La Canopea, Balayo, Vidabuena, Maravilla, Valle de Guerra, Ravelo and Casa de Brana. David and Patrick, founding partners of Finca Encuentro, gave a tour of the space and showed the work carried out. Then in the greenhouse they moderated a round of introductions, the participants explained who they were, what they did, their stories and their comments about the work on the farm. They came to an agreement to use the energies, to form a community and to help each other. The evening ended with a dinner prepared by Cristiano, the cook, in a relaxed atmosphere.