Read a peas of me
I’m traveling in my camper looking for stories from farmers, producers and organizations that passionately make the food chain flourish. At the same time, I’m exploring how to contribute to a better world and be happy. What is needed for that? I share the stories I create here with you, one peas at a time.
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3 June 2024
The last few days, I have been working with peasmaker Michael Witjes, also known as Mr. Appel. With his mobile [...]
22 April 2024
After six months working with peasmakers in Spain and Portugal, these are my 5 key insights for the transition of [...]
8 April 2024
The past week, I was working at the organic and regenerative farm Monte Silveira. Peasmaker João Valente sees it as [...]
4 April 2024
I've encountered many farms on my journey that produce olive oil. But olive oil with medicinal properties, that's a first. [...]
1 April 2024
Reconnecting people with nature by combining regenerative farming, sustainable tourism, and revitalization of the local economy. That's the mission of [...]
28 March 2024
Of all the inspiring examples I've presented to you over the past while, this one perhaps demands the most open-mindedness. [...]
20 March 2024
A piece of land, self-sufficient living, chickens, fruit trees, and a vegetable garden. Living together with like-minded individuals, focusing on [...]
14 March 2024
This week, I'm diving into what might be one of the most ambitious projects I've encountered on my journey. Peasmakers [...]
12 March 2024
This does feel like a special moment because I'm working with my 50th peasmaker this week! And it's one that [...]
6 March 2024
My peasmaker of this week, Maarten Erasmus, is a prime example of a food changer who simply took action. He [...]
28 February 2024
Hope. Sometimes it seems far to find. But it's really everywhere, we just don't look closely. And it's precisely the [...]
21 February 2024
Danyadara is the first peasmaker to tell me, "You are very welcome, but there is very little food being grown [...]
17 February 2024
After my almost paradisiacal regenerative destinations of the past few weeks, today I find myself back in "reality." And it [...]
14 February 2024
560 heavenly hectares where almost all the groundbreaking happens simultaneously. That's how I can best describe the regenerative Terramay (mother [...]
8 February 2024
Peasmakers wanted in Southern Spain! Do you know farmers, producers, and companies working on the food chain of the future [...]
29 January 2024
If you were to ask me to describe the ideal farm of this moment, my peasmaker of the week, the [...]
18 January 2024
Imagine: there is a crop that is super healthy and versatile, requires no fertilizer or other inputs, and can even [...]
15 January 2024
This week, I'm working at Montado do Freixo do Meio. This place is incredibly diverse, and it feels like I [...]
9 January 2024
My first peacemaker of 2024 is the young entrepreneur Miguel Rodrigues. It is his mission to give Algarve almonds the spotlight [...]
19 December 2023
My (Christmas) wish for 2024 is that we focus on what we can change. This not only makes you a [...]
13 December 2023
For a while now, I've been searching for what 'regenerative agriculture' really is and, more importantly, how to easily explain [...]
9 December 2023
Plants and trees are our way out of the major crises of our time. Now, check out these two edible [...]
7 December 2023
What does planting edible, subtropical trees from around the world in the Algarve contribute to a resilient food system? A [...]
1 December 2023
If we want indigenous, regenerative crops to take center stage, there must be a robust market for them. And that [...]
23 November 2023
Hope. It seems elusive at times. But with my peasmaker of the week, António Coelho, and his team at Terra [...]
16 November 2023
Fertile agricultural land turning into a desert due to climate change – a vision of the future? My peasmakers, Hans [...]
7 November 2023
Last Saturday, I landed in Portugal to meet my first southern 'peasmaker,' Freek Steinmann. I couldn't have asked for a [...]
1 November 2023
After feeling a sense of imbalance in the weeks leading up to my departure, I suddenly realized – as I [...]