Journey To The Farm.

My journey from a typical city living where i was born and raised between Qatar, Tunisia (Ariena) and Usa (where i had my university years). Has thought me a lot but was missing the bigger parts of the puzzle, which was knowing the basics to be a part of nature and the ecosystem not just the system we live at.

My spark of interest into the farm learning has started when i wanted to know more about the best food in order to perform better as a football player. This is where I wanted to know more about organic food and all.

By diving in that journey, getting organic food in Qatar was very expensive and not even granted that it's fresh.That was one of the pushes to go back to Tunisia & start a farm fantasy.

everything was so uncomfortable when I first started the farm, a lot of learning (everything basically from 0). definitely one the best decisions i have taken was to take a permaculture course in Tunisia.Thats when, I discovered the Basics of conscious farming, and the importance of diversity, and the satisfaction of self-sufficiency. the soil is the number one consideration if you want to be a farmer that works with the land & not against it.

After the permaculture course, I have stared to apply slowly what I can and one of the first things that i have included was chickens.

The journey on the farm pushed me to dig deeper and to educate myself further about our primal activities, I have realized that I was doing something right for the soil, the animals, my family, the people around me which has given me a great motivation. The farm became a place where I could contribute to the well-being for my self & the environment.

As time went on, the farm became a source of income & a door for freedom (self sufficiency). The production of free-range organic eggs and olive oil became the base of our farm's food supply.

it became a life journey and life style more than a project, It includes lots of curiosity & courage to try not what the conventional farming keeps pressuring us to do.

Ofcourse each farm has it s own story & specifications and your own observation is crucial to develop the right relation with it.

Our farm was a monoculture farm conventional, but in the last 4 years it s been changing in fast tempo as my dad started to believe more and more with organic and conscious practices.

With each passing day, we added more elements to the equation some work some don't but it's always a teaching opportunity.

May you produce your own honey one day .