Monte Silveria Bio
João Valente is the 2nd generation owner of Monte Silveira Bio, a Montado-style agrosilvopastoral system farm in Portugal. Monte Silveira Bio has gone through a series of transformations throughout the years. What was once a conventional farm, then organic, is now an ecosystem on its way towards regeneration.
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Method
Soil Sequestration
Country
Portugal
Started in
2021
Vintage year
2021-2022
According to João, when you’re practicing conventional agriculture, you have challenges every year. Whether it’s determining the price of produce or battling variable weather conditions, farmers are at the mercy of external forces. As a result, João states that “you need financial support because, without it, agriculture is extremely stressful. It’s your psychological well-being at stake”.
Farmers are also faced with ecological difficulties that conflict with their economic burdens. João highlights that even in conventional farming, you need to consider organic matter. For him, the farm was never able to pass the 1% mark. Now, he has places that are as high as 5%.
“We were too busy thinking about what was above the soil and never considering what was below it.”
João struggled financially while trying to work towards regenerative management because no one was there to help him. But that’s not the case anymore.
He has a clear-cut business roadmap, and the financial support provided through the program will play a key role in bringing his ambitions to fruition. As he puts it: “The money I'll receive through Carbon+ is so important for buying the tools and implementing the practices that will take my farm to the next level.”
The regenerative practices which Joao is implementing are holistic planned grazing, cover crops and agroforestry. You can find all details about it in our project description.
Source: Climate Farmers
Next to the increase in carbon in the soil João is also having a very positive impact on the local biodiversity. He applies a special technique called multi species holistic grazing. He has sheep, goats and cows on the farm, which live outside all year and change their location every day, just as they would in nature. To maximise the regenerative effect he also sends the sheep and goats over the fields first, and then the cows the following day.
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About Climate Farmers
Climate Farmers was founded in order to build the infrastructure to scale regenerative agriculture in Europe. They connect farmers with each other through a Europe wide Peer to Peer learning community, help them create context specific transition plans and support them financially in their transition journey through the sale of carbon+ credits. Regenerative farmers are providing ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, biodiversity increase and soil water holding capacity for all of us. If we want to get more farmers on the regenerative path, we need to pay them for these ecosystem services.
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Vision
Their vision is a world where humans are living in harmony with nature. The first step to achieving that system is to grow our food in a way that is regenerating our planet instead of harming it. Climate Farmers believe that regenerative agriculture is the pathway to reach this goal.
“It is not just about the program. It’s also about the people. I have had the chance to find a community where we all have the same passion. We support each other and share our successes, failures and all the in-betweens. Having financial and social support through the carbon+ program is of crucial importance in the transition journey. It gives you comfort, strength and certainty.”
Joao Valente
Farmer and Farm owner of Monte Silveira Bio
Vision
Their vision is a world where humans are living in harmony with nature. The first step to achieving that system is to grow our food in a way that is regenerating our planet instead of harming it. Climate Farmers believe that regenerative agriculture is the pathway to reach this goal.
“It is not just about the program. It’s also about the people. I have had the chance to find a community where we all have the same passion. We support each other and share our successes, failures and all the in-betweens. Having financial and social support through the carbon+ program is of crucial importance in the transition journey. It gives you comfort, strength and certainty.”
Joao Valente
Farmer and Farm owner of Monte Silveira Bio
Soil Sequestration
Soil sequestration involves the management of land to enhance the passage of carbon dioxide through plants and into soils and the subsequent storage and protection of that carbon in the soil. The potential of this method is driven by the vast storage capacity of soils.
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