25 years ago, a barren land in Sigri, Lesvos. Today, 200 hectares of living olive grove.
“We imitated nature, but gave it human speed, accelerating its work.”
About twenty-five years ago, an engineer stood before a barren land in Sigri, Lesvos, with a single ambition: to prove that even the most infertile place can become a paradise. Today, that land is two thousand stremmata of living olive grove — and the living proof that hope is not naivety, but the result of persistent work.
A speech by Antonis Tirpintiris at the 3rd ELIA Lesvos Confest on Regenerative Agriculture in Sigri, Lesvos.