NorthSyntropy
Regenerating lifein cold climates
Exploring, adapting and teaching syntropic agriculture for northern and temperate landscapes.
Can syntropic agriculturethrive in the North?
Most syntropic agriculture knowledge has developed in warmer climates. NorthSyntropy is exploring what happens when these principles meet the realities of northern and temperate landscapes.
Explore the experimentA living learning process
The NorthSyntropy Method
NorthSyntropy approaches syntropic agriculture as a living learning process. We observe natural systems, design experiments, test ideas, measure what happens, adapt to local conditions and share what we learn.
This is our approach to learning and experimentation — not a formally validated scientific methodology.
- 01Observe
- 02Understand
- 03Design
- 04Experiment
- 05Measure
- 06Adapt
- 07Share
- 08Regenerate
Trīsuļi
Zadiņi
Trīsuļi
ZadiņiLiving laboratory
A farm becomes a classroom
The farm is not a finished model. It is a living laboratory where we experiment, observe, learn and share what we discover.
Our work begins in Latvia, where we are exploring how syntropic principles can be adapted to northern European conditions.
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What happens when syntropic agriculture meets a northern European climate?
Follow the seasons, experiments, successes, failures and discoveries as we build a living laboratory in Latvia.
Education
Learn to see agriculture differently
From first principles to field practice, NorthSyntropy connects syntropic agriculture education with real-world observation in northern conditions.
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People
The people behind the experiment
This is not a faceless platform. Real people are inviting others into a living question — who we are, why Latvia, why the North, and why now.
Founder · syntropic practitioner
Greg Ints
Family roots in the Kuldīga region brought the work to Latvia. Home base: Trīsuļi, Kurzeme — a living laboratory for cold-climate adaptation.
The storyWe don’t have all the answers
Unproven ideas stay experiments, not claims.
We share what we know. We share what we discover. We share what changes our minds.
Real learning requires experimentation.
Some ideas will work. Some will fail. Some will need to be adapted. We believe openly sharing what does not work can be as valuable as sharing what does.
What didn’t workConsulting
From landscapeto living system
We help landowners and practitioners explore how regenerative principles can be translated into practical, site-specific systems.
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The NorthSyntropy Journal
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Follow the experiments, discoveries, failures and breakthroughs as we explore what syntropic agriculture can become in the North.
A first note: 10 principles for starting syntropic agriculture in temperate and cold climates.