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GREEN BEAT FARM- TULUM, MEXICO

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Commenced:	01/01/2011
Submitted:	26/01/2015
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	Tulum Downtown Km 227, Tulum, Q.Roo, MX
Website:	www.greenbeat.org
Climate zone:	Wet/Dry Tropical

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GREEN BEAT FARM- TULUM, MEXICO

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Urban, Commercial, Community, School Projects, Demonstration, Educational, Financial Economic

Project Summary

Green Beat Tulum is a demonstrative, productive, experimental and educational farm located in Tulum, Mexico, built on permaculture principles.

Project Description

Located on a 4,000 m2 lot in downtown Tulum, Mexico, The Green Beat Farm produces veggies and microgreens for local restaurants, Hotels and community. We have a basket program which has more than 25 current clients. Our main crops are: Arugula, Chard, Kale, Mustards, lettuce, Okra, beet, broccoli, Moringa, radishes, cherry tomatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, papaya, banana, hibiscus, habanero, basil and lemongrass. We have 2 dro composting toilets, 2 showers, a communal kitchen and 30 kitchens that lay beautiful tasty eggs.

We offer 2 PDC's a year taught by Xavier Fux and an invited guest that has been rotating which include Stephen Brooks, Itai Dolev, Maxi Ruti, Evan Marks, Jose Roses and El Lobo Rodrigo Lañado.

We also offer workshops in the weekends and guided visits /tours in which the guest learns about the everyday life and work in a farm.

We have a local Mayan honey program that supports a Mayan community. We buy their honey, sell it in glass bottles which we motivate the clients to return to us in exchange for $5 pesos, so that we can in turn return them to the Mayan community so they can recycle them and save money.

We have a volunteer program which welcomes people from all over the world. The program has a cost of $400 pesos a week (25 USD more or less). The volunteer learns about the difficulties of growing veggies in a land that is literally covered with limestone by the use of bio intensive raised beds and soil building through composting and Hugger Kultur techniques.

For more information please visit www.greenbeat.org

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