SMALL LANDS | LIVING LAB
Produce differently.
FOCUS ON THE CULTIVATION OF PPAM IN LIVING SOIL
We are experimenting on a small scale with a productive model capable of reconciling economic viability, biodiversity, and respect for natural dynamics.
The living as economy.
An ecosystem, multiple values
We seek to understand how a small living system can simultaneously produce different forms of value without compromising its own balances.
Our vision
We test, we observe, and we learn every day to build concrete, sustainable solutions suitable for small areas.
We seek to understand how small areas can generate economically relevant production without resorting to traditional intensive models.
The goal is to identify systems capable of creating more value per square meter while respecting ecological balances.
We are experimenting with high value-added crops compatible with small-scale systems.
PPAM and small fruits are currently our main observation field to understand how biodiversity, productivity, and low intervention can coexist sustainably.
The harvest is just the first step.
We are exploring different forms of valorization: drying, processing, plant multiplication, seed production, or creating high value-added products that increase the overall profitability of the system.
We are gradually measuring the necessary conditions to build a model that is truly economically viable.
Yields, production costs, intervention times, valorization potential, and system resilience are part of the observed variables.
We seek to understand how plant diversity can naturally improve the overall functioning of the system: pollination, pest limitation, climate resilience, and ecological stability.
Why explore
another model of aromatic & medicinal plant production?
Can we produce high value-added plant raw materials on a small area, regenerating the soil rather than depleting it?
335md$
The global market for aromatic and medicinal plants could reach 335 billion USD by 2030.
<1 ha
Few data exist on regenerative aromatic and medicinal plant models in temperate Europe.
+98 %
The global trade of aromatic and medicinal plants has progressed by 98% between 2010 and 2023.
70%
of aromatic and medicinal plants consumed in Europe are imported
60+ %
Between 60% and 90% of the marketed species still come from wild harvesting.
3 KPI
Our experimentation simultaneously follows : The Soil, yields and profitability.