What if we lived in line with nature, and with each other?
A living experiment
In line with nature is a non-profit association, started by Evi and Matthias. In a valley in southern Spain the association owns 52 hectares of land, most of it mountain. On the 4,5 irrigated hectares we grow food with natural farming, plant a food forest and restore the old buildings, so that one day young people can come here to find out what they want to contribute to the world.
NATURAL FARMING
Growing food on dry land, without ploughing or chemicals
We work with the ideas of Masanobu Fukuoka: don't turn the soil, don't use chemicals, and let plants and soil life do most of the work. On depleted, dry land in Spain that takes patience. First the soil has to come back, then the food.
Everything we try here, what works and what doesn't, goes into our videos and online courses.
RIGHT NOW AND FROM SPRING 2027
We are renovating the main house
We are giving our all every day to renovate the main house which will be the heart of our organization. Here, new projects and the management of the project will come to life. And... we will be able to welcome our first guests. It will host a seed bank, atelier for growing and creativity and a room for guests. Help us to finish this first leap!
Volunteer on the land
Help in the natural farming garden between March and October. No experience needed; stay at least a week.
Bring your skills
Natural building, water retention, video or social media. And the old stables, which will become an exploration centre for young people.
Days together
Making seed balls, sowing green manure, harvesting. Data come up soon!
THE STORY BEHIND THIS INITIATIVE
Money-free, by Evi Maes
What if money was no longer the driving force behind our choices? Money-Free is Evi's account of letting go of financial security, moving from Belgium to the mountains of Spain, and finding out what has real value. A raw and vulnerable story about not giving up, dreaming of a different future and putting this dream into practical action.
Paperback · 210 pages · with photos and poetry · €15 min. donation
Living together
We care about the people around us, and about projects that are already building the future we want to see. Part of what we raise, and a lot of our time, goes to people and projects we support and collaborate with.
Have a look at what we have been doing the past couple of years!
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Restored the old village bread oven
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Sent 2500€ to help after the devastating floods in Letur
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Built a new website for Biosegura
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Made videos for the local young people, the walnut association and a local tomato event
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LOCAL COMMUNITY
Read and learn
books, courses and stories, made by the association
Why we do this
We believe that people and connections are more imortant than money.
Life is about care and reconnecting with nature, food and each other.