Andrea Abad first started her career as a Marketeer for large corporations such as Apple and Exxon Mobil. After a six years in the field, an introspective awakening pushed her to quit her profession and move to Australia where she lived in Permaculture communities while learning how humanity can be reintroduced into the cycle of nature. She moved to Ibiza to dive deeper into sustainable tourism where she has developed herself for the last five years.

Joshua Andersen began his permaculture career in 2012. After viewing the film “Greening the Desert” featuring Geoff Lawton, Joshua launched straight into embodying what it was to “be a beneficial element” on this earth.

In 2019, Joshua studied under Geoff Lawton, Istvan Markuly, and Sam Parker-Davies and has since learnt from and worked with the world’s best in many fields across the permaculture world. Joshua has worked on many farm development and agroforestry projects throughout the Southeastern US and California.

Felipe Toro is a biologist, specialized in Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture as he is convinced that an agricultural model that regenerates nature and produces quality food is possible. He has participated in the Planeses regenerative agriculture pilot project in northern Catalonia where he co-created a farming model that now serves as inspiration for farmers across Europe. He is a member of the Iberian Regenerative Agriculture network, where he has been able to draw on teachers in the field such as Luis Carlos Pinherio, Joel Salatin, Kirk Gadzia, Jairo Restrepo and Nacho Simón among others.

Uri Fruchtmann has spent many successful years in the film industry producing and directing documentaries and feature films. He founded Fragile Films in 1995 and is the co-owner of Ealing Studios. As a human rights activist, he is on the board of several charities and he is the co-founder and chair of VIDERE,  a cutting edge NGO which is revolutionising the fight for human rights around the world thorough the use of hidden cameras and digital technology.

Marc Gracia is the founder of Planeses Regenerative Agriculture. A project which started in 2011 in Catalonia with the aim of finding an alternative to the abandonment of farms on the Mediterranean mountains that was environmentally, socially and economically sustainable. Planeses uses different animal management systems in order to create and maintain pastures of high ecological and productive value. He is also a CREAF researcher and coordinator of the Life-polyfarming project of the European Union.

Albert Tur Montells: Native to the island of Ibiza, he is focused on organizing courses and as a consultant in different projects related to Food Landscaping, Organic and Regenerative Agriculture, Successional Agroforestry and in the management and capture of water in agri-food farms using KeyLine design.

He is the coordinator of the "Permaculture Association of the Pitiusas Islands", founder of the Edible Forest project of the "Cooperativa Integral de Eivissa" and activist of the local seeds network of Ibiza and Formentera.

Access to the finca for our pilot project was provided and negotiation supported by Banc De Terres D’Eivissa: an 'access to land’ program run by the Organic Producers Association of Eivissa and Formentera.

We thank the Consell d'Eivissa for the subsidies awarded linked to the development of rural and livestock areas linked to organic farming as well as for the use of biodegradable materials that take place in Ibiza in 2022.