This year the plan is to start a community garden on the festival grounds, or "Karlsøy regenerative". In other words, a community garden that will hopefully be expanded every year.
Linn Kalseth will teach us how to make growing beds in true permaculture fashion.
Permaculture is about farming in harmony with nature and using the resources we have available to create good soil and grow clean food.
Together we will build various imaginative grow boxes from natural materials. Next, we will go out on the island and collect ingredients that we will compose into a fantastic soil factory. Here we will also put in food waste from the festival, which next year will be good food for herbs and salad for the festival kitchen.
This is how you can contribute to Karlsøya's own compost and permaculture garden and take many good tips home with you!
Linn Kalseth will also have a photo-lecture about their farm at Skifte in Gratangen, Skifteveien Permakultur, and tell about how, within 3 years, on nature's terms and without owning a tractor, they have managed to become self-sufficient in organic vegetables, eggs, fish and firewood.
They want to inspire people to grow and gather food themselves, and show that it is not that difficult. And they want to promote permaculture and regenerative agriculture, and show with pictures how they have done it and how it works.
Candelaria Del Azar comes from Morocco and has been at the festival for many years. She is also coming this year with her knowledge and drive for a green festival, to make a compost for the festival so that we can use the wonderful resource food waste is.