As the seasons change, our gardens gradually transform from summer to autumn and now to winter, remaining productive twelve months a year. Next month, we will begin preparing the spring gardens.

This is a continuous process based on crop rotation, i.e., alternating different crops in the same field. This practice improves soil fertility, reduces diseases that affect a single crop, increases crop yields, and at the same time limits erosion and nutrient depletion.

Although most of us are marine biologists, oceanographers, zoologists, cartographers, chemists, microbiologists, environmental lawyers, or communications specialists—not farmers—we all have a role to play in cultivating our gardens. Each member of the team takes turns spending a little time caring for them: planting new seedlings, weeding the flower beds, or harvesting olives. Then, of course, we enjoy the fruits of this collective effort. In addition to meeting some of our nutritional needs, farm work allows us to return to our daily work feeling refreshed.

We also aim to inspire all those who have the ability to dare to produce their own food. All it takes is soil, water, a living and healthy seed, and knowledge – knowledge that can grow day by day.