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Dario Cortese
As a farmer, consultant and educator, I partner with commercial farms, communities, and self-sufficiency projects to design, implement, and teach resilient market gardening and successional agroforestry across Italy, the UK and beyond.
Areas of Practice
Translating ecological observation into practical action.
Consultation & Advice
Education & Training
Outreach
Practical, hands-on courses covering soil microbiology, homemade inoculants, and the biological realities of managing a regenerative system from the ground up.
Partnering with commercial farms, private estates, and community projects to design and implement resilient no-dig market gardens and successional agroforestry systems.
Host of the Pionieri podcast. Open, unsponsored conversations with the practitioners and pioneers shaping the future of our localized food systems.
My Farms
The true test of any regenerative system is its resilience and yield over time.
In 2023, I co-founded OrtoForesta in Florence—a regenerative agroforestry market garden integrating successional agroforestry with biointensive vegetable production.
Prior to this, in 2019, I established Living Soil Garden, a no-dig market garden in the Exeter, UK.
These spaces have served as my living laboratories.
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