BEJIS FROM BLACK TO GREEN
Av. del Santo, 28, 12430 Bejís, Castellón, España
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With your contribution of €12 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A bracelet with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating, becoming one of the people who will allow us to make the environment of Bejís change from black to green.
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
With your contribution of €22 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A t-shirt with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating, becoming one of the people who will allow us to make the environment of Bejís change from black to green.
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
With your contribution of €32 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A t-shirt with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating.
A backpack with the logo of the project, making you one of the people who will allow us to make the environment of Bejís change from black to green.
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
With your contribution of €42 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A t-shirt with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating.
A backpack with the logo of the project.
We will put in the olive tree that you are saving a medallion with your name or the name that you indicate, becoming one of the people who will allow us to get the environment of Bejís to change from black to green.
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
With your contribution of €52 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A t-shirt with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating.
A backpack with the logo of the project.
We will put in the olive tree that you are saving a medallion with your name or the name that you indicate, becoming one of the people who will allow us to get the environment of Bejís to change from black to green.
A themed bottle.
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
With your contribution of €97 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A t-shirt with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating.
A backpack with the logo of the project.
We will put in the olive tree that you are saving a medallion with your name or the name that you indicate.
A themed bottle.
Guided visit to the old town of Bejís.
A tasting of our EVOO for two people (flexible date), becoming one of the people who will allow us to make the environment of Bejís change from black to green.
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
With your contribution of €197 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A t-shirt with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating.
A backpack with the logo of the project.
We will put in the olive tree that you are saving a medallion with your name or the name that you indicate.
A themed bottle.
Guided visit to the old town of Bejís.
A tasting of our EVOO for two people (flexible date), becoming one of the people who will allow us to make the environment of Bejís change from black to green.
We will include a 250ml sample of our Extra Virgin Olive Oil,"BELGIDIS".
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
With your contribution of €297 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A t-shirt with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating.
A backpack with the logo of the project.
We will put in the olive tree that you are saving a medallion with your name or the name that you indicate.
A themed bottle.
Guided visit to the old town of Bejís.
A tasting of our EVOO for two people (flexible date), becoming one of the people who will allow us to make the environment of Bejís change from black to green.
We will include a 250ml sample of our Extra Virgin Olive Oil,"BELGIDIS".
Experience of a day picking olives with food included for two people (date to be specified within the olive harvest campaign).
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
With your contribution of €497 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A t-shirt with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating.
A backpack with the logo of the project.
We will put in the olive tree that you are saving a medallion with your name or the name that you indicate.
A themed bottle.
Guided visit to the old town of Bejís.
A tasting of our EVOO for two people (flexible date), becoming one of the people who will allow us to make the environment of Bejís change from black to green.
We will include a 250ml sample of our Extra Virgin Olive Oil,"BELGIDIS".
Experience of a day picking olives with food included for two people (date to be specified within the olive harvest campaign).
Night accommodation in a rural apartment for two people (flexible date), becoming one of the people who will allow us to make the environment of Bejís change from black to green.
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
Help us replant and recover the burnt olive trees, let's give Bejis back the environment it had.
Material
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OLIVE SEEDLINGS
Money destined for the purchase of olive plants of the native Serrana variety. 525 olive trees will be purchased and with this amount we will be able to regenerate 2 hectares of olive groves.
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£ 4,550 | |
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OLIVE SEEDLINGS
We will regenerate more olive grove plots, we will cover a total of 0.74 hectares of cultivated land, translated into 200 olive trees.
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£ 1,673 |
Task
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ADEQUACY OF THE LAND AFTER THE FIRE
It is necessary to carry out the preparation of the land in the plots, since the 2 hectares planned for this project have all their olive trees burned. First of all, it will be necessary to uproot the olive trees. Subsequently, the work of tilling the land must be carried out to prepare it for the creation of the wells in which the trees will be planted.
It will be necessary to hire an excavator to uproot the trees and carry out the wells and a tractor to till the land. 32 hours of bulldozer work and 27 hours of tractor work are calculated.
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£ 2,258 | |
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ADEQUACY OF THE LAND AFTER THE FIRE
It is necessary to carry out the preparation of the land in the plots, since the 0.74 additional hectares planned for this project have all their olive trees burned. First of all, it will be necessary to uproot the olive trees. Subsequently, the work of tilling the land must be carried out to prepare it for the creation of the wells in which the trees will be planted.
It will be necessary to hire an excavator to uproot the trees and carry out the wells and a tractor to till the land. 12 hours of bulldozer work and 10 hours of tractor work are calculated.
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£ 920 |
Infrastructure
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Minimum | Optimum |
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IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
Installation of localized irrigation systems to save water and care for the environment. This requires the purchase of hoses. For the 2 hectares of the project, 3150 meters will be necessary. In addition, it is necessary to include the labor for the installation of the irrigation system and 56 hours of work are calculated.
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£ 2,258 | |
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IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
Installation of localized irrigation systems to save water and care for the environment. It will cover the 900 olive trees.
Installation of localized irrigation systems to save water and care for the environment. This requires the purchase of hoses. For the 0.74 hectares of the project, 1,200 meters will be necessary. In addition, it is necessary to include the labor for the installation of the irrigation system and 22 hours of work are calculated.
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£ 836 | |
| Total | £ 9,066 | £ 12,496 |
In the fire that occurred in Bejís on August 15, 2022, 19,159 hectares of cultivated fields and forests were destroyed by the flames, causing significant losses both in the natural area, as well as in the soil, biodiversity, olive trees, almond trees and holm oaks as well as the projects and dreams of an entire population.
That is why, after assessing the dramatic situation we are experiencing, we are launching this crowdfunding campaign to focus our efforts on reversing the situation immediately, efficiently and transparently.
It must be taken into account that the activities of the primary sector are one of the most effective tools when it comes to fighting fires, since taking care of the territory we prevent them. Neither can we forget all the effort that all the members of the cooperative have invested throughout their lives, that is why we cannot leave them aside now that they have lost everything and have to *start from scratch. *
As the average age of the population is very high , many of the fields that until then were cultivated will no longer be cultivated. The cooperative is trying to carry out a project of land transfer and recovery of the olive grove, to take care of the cultivation of all the fields owned by people who cannot take care of it. In this way we help people maintain their legacy and be able to have our great EVOO for consumption. In addition we avoid the abandonment of land in order to prevent new catastrophes like the one that occurred.
If we want to recover the native olive tree and achieve a sustainable olive grove in the long term, we must reconsider the scarce crop that we have left and replant the burned area. The substitution process must be done following the criteria of ecological cultivation.
The Cooperativa Agrícola Nuestra Señora del Loreto located in Bejís (Alto Palancia, Castellón) was founded in 1947 by 42 members, dedicated exclusively to olive cultivation. Currently we are 170 members and We continue to be as before, a family and entrepreneurial cooperative. We work mainly with the Serrana olive variety, producing high quality oil. Our main characteristic is that we do not mix varieties of olives and we grind in less than 24 hours from the harvest. We carry out analytics and pass strict quality controls that guarantee that our oil is Virgin Extra (EVOO).
Before this catastrophe we were working on innovating in olive production, preparing an early olive oil EVOO of the native variety, whose harvesting takes place during the first days of autumn. From our cooperative we intend to produce an EVOO with a hallmark based on high quality Serrana olives, which we pack in our facilities with our brand “BELGIDIS”.
-PROJECT DESCRIPTION. CHARACTERISTICS AND STRENGTHS.
The olive tree replanting project is based on the Common Management Initiative (IGC) . It is an innovation tool that brings together a group of individuals or legal entities that own plots that, linked to each other through an assignment contract, express their willingness to be considered as a unit for the purposes of setting up a common management plan for the olive grove led by the Cooperative. This initiative is intended to group all the plots at risk to be cultivated through the Cooperative so that their abandonment can be avoided.
-AGRICULTURAL AND PRODUCTIVE APPROACH
This project is the initial phase of a long-term joint land management project that aims not only to recover the area burned by the fire, but also to generate new jobs and reactivate the economy of the population in order to fight against depopulation.
In this first phase, the aim is to carry out the replanting of the first 2 hectares of burned olive groves, for which it is necessary to purchase olive plants of the native Serrana variety, uprooting the burned trees, preparing the land for the plantation, the planting of the olive trees and the installation of its corresponding irrigation system.
Once the planting of the trees is finished, they will proceed to their city through watering, tilling, pruning, etc.
The Bejís cooperative seeks to reinvest and reactivate the productive territory, avoid abandonment and its negative consequences, and contribute to the agricultural and rural development of the area, in addition to improving the profitability of the farms and help business development. It is also intended to generate new jobs, strengthen the marketing lines that had been created before the fire and design other possible ones.
In turn, it will reverse positive effects on the economy in the area, and will activate positive externalities related to agricultural activity such as: maintenance of the landscape, reducing the risk of fires and obtaining a landscape attractive agroforestry with benefits for other economic activities such as tourism and restaurants.
Some of the short and medium term objectives are:
These objectives are activities related to the reforestation of the burned area.
The objective of the Cooperative is to obtain financial help for the purchase of olive plants, hoses for irrigation and labor for the uprooting of burned trees, land preparation and replanting. The project consists of planting and cultivating these fields to obtain EVOO.
The Bejís cooperative firmly believes in the recovery of the territory affected by the fire and that with everyone's help, the town of BEJIS can return to what it was. With this initiative we contribute to environmental care and the prevention of fires that affect not only our territory but also neighboring territories.
In this way, the responsible management of the environment, its rivers and abandoned farms are an increasing need to be able to live in rural territories and guard our green lungs.
Who are we addressing?
Currently we are 170 members and we continue to be, as before, a family and entrepreneurial cooperative
It is a part of the town, since we are all linked to it. We have formed synergies with associations related to rural tourism and the agricultural sector. In short, we are a population that wants to see the town again as it was.
At the head of the cooperative is Juan Vicente Clemente Pradas, who has held the presidency of the Cooperative for 4 years, a person of an entrepreneurial nature who grows when faced with challenges.
María José Iborra Ortega, administrator of the Bejís Cooperative since 2012, a proactive person with a great capacity for work, organization and management.
Agrarian management: Joan Sanz and Marta Izquierdo are young people who have given up city life to live in the town. And what they would like is to be able to work the land, one of their passions.
Management of the mill: Rosa Alcaide, Amparo Gil and Sonia Rodriguez are women who have been in charge of milling the oil for years. They are in charge of making the extraordinary oil that we have.
The rest of the partners and people who support us in this project to move forward the olive tree of are also part of the team BEJIS
At La Cooperativa de Bejis we have been committed to sustainable development since the beginning of our history, understanding it in its broadest sense: environmentally, socially, economically and culturally. The SDGs make explicit our commitment to sustainable development, which we have been working on for years. Our project is aligned with the values and goals set forth by the SDGs, placing special emphasis on the following:
We want to reduce the negative impact of the forest fire in recent decades, both individually and collectively, and work for a new model of rural life with more opportunities and less territorial imbalance.
SDG 12: RESPONSIBLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; SDG 15: LIFE ON TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; SDG 13: CLIMATE ACTION
We are committed to organic production from the resources of our area. Always putting them at the service of an agricultural project that extols the landscape. We make sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources, working the land and producing the oil with criteria of rationality and respect for these same resources, excluding chemical products and working to reduce waste and minimize the effects on the environment.
At the same time, we promote responsible consumption that values not only environmental values but also proximity and its social impact. We also promote responsible tourism around oil and agricultural activity, promoting local culture and products.
Responsible Production and Consumption
Climate change is a global challenge that affects everyone, everywhere.
Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
"YOUR OLIVE SPROUT"
With your contribution of €12 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A bracelet with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating, becoming one of the people who will allow us to make the environment of Bejís change from black to green.
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
> 46 Co-financiers
"YOUR OLIVE TRUNK"
With your contribution of €22 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A t-shirt with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating, becoming one of the people who will allow us to make the environment of Bejís change from black to green.
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
> 50 Co-financiers
"YOUR OLIVE LEAF"
With your contribution of €32 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A t-shirt with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating.
A backpack with the logo of the project, making you one of the people who will allow us to make the environment of Bejís change from black to green.
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
> 14 Co-financiers
"YOUR OLIVE BRANCH"
With your contribution of €42 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A t-shirt with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating.
A backpack with the logo of the project.
We will put in the olive tree that you are saving a medallion with your name or the name that you indicate, becoming one of the people who will allow us to get the environment of Bejís to change from black to green.
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
> 31 Co-financiers
"YOUR YOUNG OLIVE TREE"
With your contribution of €52 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A t-shirt with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating.
A backpack with the logo of the project.
We will put in the olive tree that you are saving a medallion with your name or the name that you indicate, becoming one of the people who will allow us to get the environment of Bejís to change from black to green.
A themed bottle.
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
> 46 Co-financiers
"YOUR CENTENARY OLIVE TREE"
With your contribution of €97 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A t-shirt with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating.
A backpack with the logo of the project.
We will put in the olive tree that you are saving a medallion with your name or the name that you indicate.
A themed bottle.
Guided visit to the old town of Bejís.
A tasting of our EVOO for two people (flexible date), becoming one of the people who will allow us to make the environment of Bejís change from black to green.
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
> 15 Co-financiers
"YOUR FIELD OF OLIVE TREES"
With your contribution of €197 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A t-shirt with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating.
A backpack with the logo of the project.
We will put in the olive tree that you are saving a medallion with your name or the name that you indicate.
A themed bottle.
Guided visit to the old town of Bejís.
A tasting of our EVOO for two people (flexible date), becoming one of the people who will allow us to make the environment of Bejís change from black to green.
We will include a 250ml sample of our Extra Virgin Olive Oil,"BELGIDIS".
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
> 09 Co-financiers
*BEJIS GREENER*
With your contribution of €297 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A t-shirt with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating.
A backpack with the logo of the project.
We will put in the olive tree that you are saving a medallion with your name or the name that you indicate.
A themed bottle.
Guided visit to the old town of Bejís.
A tasting of our EVOO for two people (flexible date), becoming one of the people who will allow us to make the environment of Bejís change from black to green.
We will include a 250ml sample of our Extra Virgin Olive Oil,"BELGIDIS".
Experience of a day picking olives with food included for two people (date to be specified within the olive harvest campaign).
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
> 04 Co-financiers
*BEJIS FROM BLACK TO GREEN*
With your contribution of €497 to help us regenerate the Bejís olive grove after the fire:
We will include your name or the name of the person you indicate in the solidarity mural on our website.
We will send you a watercolor wallpaper in digital format made by our local artist Ana Villanueva. The watercolor represents an olive tree that regrows after the fire with more force than ever, moved by the drive and desire of the people of this land.
A t-shirt with the logo of the project in which you are collaborating.
A backpack with the logo of the project.
We will put in the olive tree that you are saving a medallion with your name or the name that you indicate.
A themed bottle.
Guided visit to the old town of Bejís.
A tasting of our EVOO for two people (flexible date), becoming one of the people who will allow us to make the environment of Bejís change from black to green.
We will include a 250ml sample of our Extra Virgin Olive Oil,"BELGIDIS".
Experience of a day picking olives with food included for two people (date to be specified within the olive harvest campaign).
Night accommodation in a rural apartment for two people (flexible date), becoming one of the people who will allow us to make the environment of Bejís change from black to green.
Includes shipping to Spain.
Provide tax relief: https://www.goteo.org/calculadora-fiscal
> 01 Co-financiers
