ENG #35 Andres Jara Favamole - From Colombia to Amsterdam: A Regenerative Journey

This episode dives into how food, soil, culture, and entrepreneurship form one living system. Andrés Jara joins to share his journey from Colombia to the Slow Food University in Italy, and onward to a regenerative farm outside Amsterdam—where legumes, soil health, and community became the roots of Favamole, a European-grown answer to guacamole built on integrity, taste, and systemic thinking.

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Underneath the story lies a mindset: trust timing, build like nature, and design businesses that heal more than they extract. Andrés shows how regenerative principles reshape leadership, supply chains, and personal purpose—and why every food choice supports a system, good or bad.

Key Points• How legumes, soil health, and bio-intensive farming can reshape local food systems• What regenerative entrepreneurship looks like when applied to real products and real farmers• Why taste, intuition, and timing matter more than trends when building meaningful companies

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Webpage: https://www.favamole.nl/

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