Networking with the project for creating an organic vineyard in the village Anemotia of Lesvos Island in the frame of Land Stewardship
The “project for rehabilitation of degraded soil by planting an organic vineyard to preserve native species” is a replicability and transferability example of the organic vineyard, in the frame of the LIFE TERRACESCAPE project. The project is funded by the Green Fund (Decision No. 216.5/2021), under the Funding Program "Natural environment & innovative actions 2021» Priority Axis 3: "Innovative actions with citizens". The project is implemented in the village of Anemotia in Lesvos Island (N. Aegean) and applies the Land stewardship approach to cultivate abandoned vineyards.
The first event of the project, a 3-day drystone experiential workshop, took place on November 19-21 2021 in Anemotia. The Coordinator of the LIFE TERRACESCAPE project, Th. Petanidou, participated as an invited speaker in the event of Anemotia and talked about the aims of the LIFE TERRACESCAPE project and presented her experience from various drystone schools, including the 1st Drystone School of Andros (November 6-13, 2021).
On April 16-17 2022, the LS Officer of the LIFE TERRACESCAPE project, V. Kleftoyanni, visited Anemotia for exchanging of know-how between the two projects. The LS Officer participated in the Experiential Workshop of planting organic vineyards and presented the first LSO in Greece, under the auspices of the Green Fund. The Experiential Workshop was presented live on television by the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) and the LS Officer spoke about the LS approach.
On October 1-2 2022, a two-days Experiential Workshop took place in Anemotia for inoculating the organic vineyard that was planted in April.
