Víg Vitália
Piliscsaba /Pest megyeVitália Víg, soil ecologist, microbiologist, compost expert, permaculture designer and environmental engineer. Her vocation is to bring soils back to life. She is an eternal student, curious researcher and passionate educator. Soil health, soil-plant microbiome, composting, compost-based soil and plant stimulants are just a few of the topics he helps farmers and gardeners embarking on the path to regeneration. He also conducts research on these topics at the Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
He is determined to translate science into accessible language, bringing farmers closer to the mysterious and fascinating world of soils. His love of soils infected him at the University of Maryland, where he learned the fundamentals of soil science and sustainable agriculture from some of the most distinguished professors and colleagues. Elaine Ingham's Soil Food Web School in the US helped him to fill in the missing links and understand the inextricable link between the triad of chemistry-physics-biology.
The holistic view of permaculture has made him realise that instead of profit-hungry pseudo-solutions to environmental and agricultural problems, problems need to be tackled at their roots, in accordance with the laws and patterns of nature. This approach has guided Vitália's decades of teaching and recent years of consultancy work. And it's why she stands with regenerative farmers as our only chance to reverse the global degradation of soils.
Vince Ambrus
Dabas /Pest megyeZoltán Szabó
Kiskunmajsa /Bács-Kiskun megyePierre Yves
Csákánydoroszló /Vas countyBence Márkus
Fadd /Tolna county"We farm in Tolna county, in the settlements of Bonyhád and Fadd.
As a consultant plant health specialist, I am helping several fellow farmers make the transition to the bumpy road of regenerative agriculture. I work with both horticultural and field crops.
It is important to treat farming as a whole system. In the system, cover crops and reduced tillage techniques are not necessarily bad, but are a very important part of the whole.
My aim is to refine these solutions further in practice."
Zoltán Kálmán
Debrecen /Hajdú-Bihar countyTamás Fülöp
Pilisszentkereszt - Gyomaendrőd /Pest megye, Békés megyeFerenc Berend
Pusztakovácsi /Somogy countyPéter Bekecs
Tiszaszentimre /Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok countyÁrpád Batik
Makó /Csongrád-Csanád megyeAttila András Szeredi
Kiszombor /Csongrád-Csanád countyThe Szeredi Ltd. has been operating in Kisombor, at the border of the Mures River and the Hungarian-Romanian border since 1992.
I'm currently the second generation to run the business, with a degree in crop protection engineering, but the third generation is already knocking on the door.
In 2017 we started with no-tillage, but now we only have minimum and no-till systems.
It's not easy to embark on a new path, to give up the familiar and do it all in a way that will help your business grow.
As a member of an association, I believe and experience that it is easier to develop professionally and to experience failure more quickly in a community.
Antal Berente
Kecskemét /Bács-Kiskun megyeI farm on the sandy heath, in the vicinity of Kecskemét. Since 2012, my fields have been cultivated without rotation and then with min-till. Today more than 60% of the 100 hectares are no-till. Every year I use cover crop mixtures where crop rotation allows. These consist of 5-8 components.
I am constantly reducing the use of chemicals: I do not use fungicides or insecticides. The use of fertilisers has also been reduced to a fraction, a third to a quarter of what it used to be. I aim to reduce fertilisers completely and to further reduce the use of herbicides.
Attila Szabó
Ferencszállás /Csongrád-Csanád countySince 2015, it has brought together dedicated farmers dedicated to soil regeneration. He organised the first SoilEvent conference in 2017, which has since grown into the REAG event. Since 2018, he is a founding member and President of the Soil Renewal Farmers Association.
He started his agricultural career in 2012 with the qualification of agricultural technician, and in 2015 he and his brother founded Kukutyin Workshop Organic Farm. Attila is not only a co-owner but also an active farmer in the business. From their initial 1 hectare, the farm has grown to 40 hectares.
They mill their own grains and supply their quality flour to more than 40 bakeries across the country. In the livestock sector, pigs are kept on controlled grazing. Since 2012, they have stopped ploughing and have been using regenerative methods. From 2018, they have been using minimum tillage. From 2023, they will be using full No-Till technology in their land use.