Planting Trees On Farms Can Improve Soil | Resilient Farms in Germany

How does agroforestry and keyline water management help farmers combat drough and the increasing effects of climate change? We visited Heinershof, an organic farm in Franconia, Germany to find out more about how agroforestry and keyline water management works for them.

Director & Writer: Ute Von der Lieth
Camera: Frank Hützler
Camera & Sound: Rüdiger Sturm
Postproduction: B.O.A. Videofilmkunst
Editor: André Knauer
Sound Designer: Ralph P. Bienzeisler

Special thanks to Tina Sickmüller, Philipp Gerhardt and the team at Heinershof

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Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:13 Meet Tina Sickmüller, farmer at Heinershof
00:28 Around Heinershof's organic farm
01:40 The effects of drought on soil
02:38 Agroforestry on the farm
04:48 What is keyline water management?
05:51 Benefits of agroforestry & keyline water management
06:13 Farmers need more tools to combat climate change
06:34 Agroforestry & keyline design benefits against climate change
06:56 Credits

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