How This Woman Transformed Desert Into Lush Forest!

This is how one woman left the rat race working in for a financial bank to embark on turning a piece of desert wasteland over-grazed by cattle into a fertile food forest farm. @KitziaKokopelmana noticed that whilst working as a banking clerk the people around her were getting very sick, she saw no matter how rich or how much money you have people could not heal with medication alone, they were not living a full or happy life. Drawing from her knowledge and background from her family who owned a successful restaurant business, she knew that eating fresh and healthy food was the medicine that people really needed. So she gave up being a financial advisor and started to educate people on how to be healthier naturally, by growing food landscapes and transforming deserts into food forests such as @buenafortunagardens9816 This type of growing is more abundant and financially successful and secure compared to modern farming that need subsidies and is a deficit to the environment, creating regenerative systems pays back much more over many years, so in a way you can say money does grow on trees and there's no price you can put on your on health and the planet!
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[@VincentWilliams007]

I love you!

[@alexyork5975]

What an inspiration. I wish I could contact them to ask if they use bio-char or Terra preta? It would make quicker use of their compost area, as well as all the other benefits of Terra preta, originally developed technique by the maya and aztec.

[@magnus.lulea72]

lush forrests ❤

[@kericouchoud6879]

I had the honor of visiting here and I can’t say enough about how truly magical this place is. She is a very special being and this food forrest is truly holistically transformative. If you can, go!

[@ghulamabbasawan7175]

your are lucky

[@harmonyharris777]

A living Goddess of the Earth. I am feeling like visiting her & lending my 2 green thumbs. Do you feel like she would be open to that? Love & Gratitude! - Harmony

[@intimatespearfisher]

Imagine what humans could do with the whole planet if but 10% of us did this

[@eslnoob191]

I'm a bit concerned about the fact that they rely on groundwater to support this project, though. Do you remember if they made any comment about their water usage while you were there? I've seen some agro-forestry projects in Arizona where the first thing they do is to cut down water-thirsty trees because they deplete the groundwater. I wonder about the more holistic impacts of this food forest on the water supply in such an arid region.

[@modestoca25]

​@@eslnoob191Good point

[@getinthespace7715]

Holy cow. That massive baobab tree grew in 26 years. Cool.

[@GeorgeKofoed]

They are amazing trees, humanity would do themselves a huge favor by planting them anywhere they'll grow

[@eslnoob191]

I may sound like a Negative Nancy, but I wonder about the impact of those trees on the water supply in the region. They may look nice, but they might be sucking away groundwater from everyone else. I've seen some agro-forestry projects in Arizona where the first thing they do is to cut down water-thirsty trees because they deplete the groundwater. It's problems like this that make me wish governments could get more involved in researching and organizing more holistic reclamation projects, like what has been accomplished to bring back completely dried out rivers in India's arid western regions.

[@dylanmccallister1888]

@@eslnoob191 they are adapted to absorb water the same way a saguaro does and those are native to the sonoran desert. They swell in monsoon season and use that water the rest of the year. They are very water efficient plants unlike palm trees.

[@blikewat3r]

@@eslnoob191The plants extract water initially as they grow. They then CONTRIBUTE to water retention in soil via their root systems. Their canopies also provide shade which keeps the ground cool/prevents water evaporation.

[@thehark6247]

​@@eslnoob191 governments???? they are involved, its called global warming , and its a FRAUD.

[@rw4754]

Your Chanel pulls me out of despair. I was raised in Uganda in the 1960s & its degradation is so tragic. I wish I had money to do these kinds of projects over there.

[@chadatchison145]

You don't need money to get cuttings from native plants, plus don't focus on a big area just start with a few feet of unused land and as you learn you can expand the area, family and neighbors will want to help once they see a little progress. I do know not everyone lives in a place where this is possible so I wish you luck if decide to take this journey.

[@zaynosman5162]

Adding to that he should look into Miyawaki method of growing to speed up the process​@@chadatchison145

[@DubultaisT]

@@chadatchison145 exactly. This is the problem with people. They want everything now and are not ready to work for it. They do not see how valuable is single seed and time which costs nothing. I would want to feel sad for African people, but it was their choice to not seek out of continent and get educated etc. They stayed with the roots and that is sad, that they are paying for it now.

[@NiciRichter1]

Collect seeds. They are mostly free.

[@ghulamabbasawan7175]

@@NiciRichter1and gift them as well

[@Nillominati]

We need billions like her in this world. We need billions too, if not Trillions to fund restoring our planet. No need to inhabit Mars. That amazing woman deserves a Nobel prize.

[@toorimakun]

People planting random stuff has had devastating consequences MULTIPLE TIMES. People like this are why there are warning labels on some seed packets to NOT PLANT THEM in certain areas....... Also foresting deserts is bad for the local wild life that need to sun to keep warm because a lot of wild life in the desert is *COLD BLOODED SO DEPEND ON THE SUN TO KEEP WARM!!*

[@jflgaray]

Amazing action. This is a real historical achievement by a person that make sense to humanity. May we have more like her. And may that forest keep on expanding and expanding.

[@janesmith9024]

I am sorry her husband is no longer with us but am glad he was mentioned. The have created a beautiful forest in the hilly area and what looks like a wonderful son too.

[@marycompogno5665]

So amazing how she grows stuff in the desert! We need to do this in USA where we have drought and forest fires .

[@mzimmerman1988]

This lady is really cool! You can tell that she is sharing things she learned through a lot of experience.

[@realg9475]

What a wonderful woman rip to her late husband I'm so amazed as far as what she has done GOD bless her and her family

[@dustbunnieboo]

Fantastic! Trees make rain. Keep on planting native trees and making rain gardens.

[@SolidGoldShows]

Amazing! I am doing the same here in our high desert land

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

thats great, since when did you start? how has it progressed?

[@SolidGoldShows]

@LeafofLifeWorld We started in 2019. Just the beginning of the pandemic. Our desert land in Southern California is basically barren. Our food forest is still young, but we were able to harvest a few fruits last couple of years. It is going slowly but surely since our budget is low. But, I am going full force this year and hopefully have a striving food forest in a couple of years.

[@jturtle5318]

​@@SolidGoldShowsthat's awesome. Do you watch Bealtaine Cottage? She's a permaculture gardener in Ireland.

[@SolidGoldShows]

@@jturtle5318 I'll check her out

[@annekabrimhall1059]

I’m starting one in southern Oregon in the next year. I’ll check out your channel

[@loriwakefield1]

Thanks! THANK YOU FOR CARING

[@permaculturedesigninternat6073]

I spent time here when Gabriel was alive. He was a true plant whisperer. He suffered a serious stroke in the 90s and was very debilitated. I didnt know he had passed and am saddened to hear this news but also glad to hear Kitzia is continuing the work. She is amazing and incredibly knowledgeable herbalist.

[@alexsky104]

This woman is a GODDESS

[@freedomforestlife]

AMAZING - the world defo needs more of this 💚💚💚

[@harmonyharris777]

What a Heroic Stewardess for our Earth 🕊️ 🌎🌈 10 Thousand Blessings beautiful soul 🌞 ....for all of the humanitarian & Ecological efforts!!! 🎉 💜 🌲

[@barbaracole4314]

Plants and trees are so very important for our planet, I reside in far Northern CA and plant 2 trees a yr in my yard and many perennials and flowers, won't stop until I run out of room or die which ever comes 1st.

[@MollyHJohns]

Meanwhile the pollutead sea losing important sealife, coral reefs and planktons that produce the majority of oxygen on earth: *how about you humans clean up the sea first? We're dying and you're next? No?* 😢

[@vintagejaki751]

​@@MollyHJohns how does one go about saving the ocean life?

[@rudiyono1]

She deserves to get a Nobel Prize

[@Lis-tw2kf]

Check out the first innovative, sustainable, and science-based solutions of its kind in the US, transforming desert sandy soil into fertile land for organic farming and self-sustaining trees.💥

[@MrSirlulzalot]

Good point. ❤

[@nayrtnartsipacify]

worthless prize. Have you seen the people they give it to?

[@angelcitystudio]

​@@nayrtnartsipacify Are you mad that Trump, Stalin, Hitler, Musk, and Putin never got one... 😭

[@nayrtnartsipacify]

@@angelcitystudio You are deranged to put all those people in the same catagory. Get help.

[@jaimemondragon2010]

I want to see more from her!!! What a wellspring of knowledge!

[@TomGoldie]

Nothing beats active human gardening.

[@KingEst87]

She needs her own show

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Please go and check out her YT in the description you should write to her and encourage her to start posting, I've told her she should get back on there posting

[@marcshields3677]

This woman is amazing.

[@mtjensen5]

How wonderful! She’s amazing!

[@joelenehopkins1564]

Ketzia is doing amazing work!

[@NinaHansen2008]

Wow! Bien hecho!

[@joeortiz3455]

This is a woman of knowledge. Fantastic life story here.

[@eurekaelephant2714]

Thankyou for the inspiration. 😊 Her forest very much reminds me of the natural landscape here. I have lots of trees and plants and agree that this helps me so much to make the sandy soil richer. Love her work and her animals. Thankyou!

[@angierox6964]

Beautiful Happiness! Thank you 🪷🌻🪻🐝

[@thestevenjaywaymusic7775]

What a wonderful woman.

[@SXJAYSX]

What an amazing woman!

[@angelcitystudio]

this is SO WONDERFUL!!! Finally something to be happy about.

[@cellohack8602]

Bless this woman

[@graemelliott3942]

Should expand the forest all the way to the sea of Cortez

[@susancampbell922]

The USA needs to take notes and stop cutting everything down for more unneeded subdivisions out in the country. The prey populations are all getting squished into one place so naturally now the predators populations are exploding and being pushed closer to homes. We need help!

[@ponderosaoutdoors]

Agreed, but we need to responsibly log and thin forests out as well. Where I live, in the mountain west, is being destroyed by subdivisions and goddy homes, but our forests are suffering because logging/thinning has been shut down.

[@DreX-8810]

She is an Angel…….a real one. ✌🏿

[@janicesatterwhite4513]

This is amazing and earth changing. Thank you.

[@paulmcnamara6325]

Fantastic to sea you planting trees,bring life back animals,birdseye,compost from leaves!! Plant fruit+veg love it! Keep up the good work😊😊😊❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@xikano8573]

Wwwwwwwoooowww!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 That's one gorgeous tree! I think what this amazing human has created is an Oasis, yes? Bravo!

[@maryhairy1]

I know this lady has her hands full with 11 acres. I was super pleased that she is growing so many exotic plants from the rest of the world. I’ve germinated baobab seeds. But not sausage tree seeds. But there’s more deserts out there that need advice on how to change them. 💜💜💜

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

Can anyone identify that silver gray aloe at 4:30? I grew up in Hawaii which was on the tropic of Cancer but it is mediated by trade winds which means it never gets above 88°, if it does the winds are called Kona winds and that's in the summer when brush fires start What a beautiful paradise she has created

[@unojayc]

She is a wonderful inspiration to all of us!♥👍

[@fullcirclegardensolutions]

Great work!!! ❤❤❤

[@norbialmonte3162]

Un ángel de la madre naturaleza....Dios la bendiga

[@alexandercumming4859]

What an amazing group if people 👊

[@madifof8169]

You're such an inspiration 💛

[@djcrazy1976]

YOU DO A GREAT JOB!!

[@Triv91]

What an amazing woman ❤

[@user-oi6wi2di2z]

Beautiful person right there... What a great accomplishment ..

[@SidFlavored]

This was an A1. Hella enjoyed it.

[@zippermonster9596]

It is brains like hers I would be downloading into my mind if we lived in The matrix. I would love to have her knowledge! What a wonderful family. I am inspired!

[@maxwellhowell]

Shes super cute.

[@Tab-fg4vt]

Well done

[@cabocharger]

I spent a few years living in Cabo as a teen and am a bit sad I never knew about this place till today. But can’t wait to go visit. So inspiring!

[@elmergamez]

Totally amazing, I saw two, three times the video . How growing hughe trees, I am living also in a dessert part of the world, how she gets shadow, lowering temperature, etcétera. Interesant

[@hooligan_56labelle22]

Not just trees. Everything comes back like birds bugs insects and water comes back too. There is everything to gain by planting trees. Congratulations for a job super well done.

[@MichaelMartinussen]

Tak!

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Thanks

[@selftuff]

Thank you for your vision goddess.

[@sheetalbhalerao8192]

So nice. God bless you 🙏 Whole world 🌎 should do same way

[@michaelsiengo1]

Absolutely fantastic… fantastic use of water that should be done all over the place we have nobody to blame but ourselves for the current state we see ourselves in

[@laurengardner7762]

God bless you!!! I am shocked by everything

[@theasianwitch]

Beautiful and lovely food forest, I am inspired by Kitzia

[@liamhillman8486]

The baobab tree is not endangered. It grows all over Eastern and Southern Africa and also in Australia where it is called boab.

[@andoniainaramarokoto7300]

Some species are endangered in their native region, habitat loss is pretty real for baobabs in Madagascar which has 6 out of the 8 species.

[@juanreynoso9653]

Truly amazing❤

[@gm_grace7250]

Because of this video and my love for nature, i am subscribing

[@lydiarowe491]

Making this huge change in a place so desolate woud have been an impossibe beginning but this challenge didn't diminish this amazing outcome...thanks for sharing. 🌳🌟🌳🌟🌳🌟🌳

[@gintarassurblys927]

God bles you beautiful lady for your beautiful heart.

[@ericwilliams9579]

A kindred soul, finally; I’ve had dreams of doing this building a giant food forest with trees that touched the clouds mine is forest is small right now but it is growing in east tx for now need permission to plant things while I’m here in New Mexico

[@sixrod3055]

Amazing. She created an Oasis ❤

[@Lis-tw2kf]

Excellent projects! Also, it's truly inspiring to see individuals like Mo Segad❤, pioneering the first innovative, sustainable, and science-based solutions of its kind in the US, transforming desert sandy soil into fertile land for organic farming and self-sustaining trees. In my opinion, sustainability matters greatly. I would love to see more 💥... With his deep scientific knowledge and expertise in this field, similar projects and communities can gain significant sustainable value and contribute positively to environmental conservation efforts.

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

Wow 😮 Thanks 💯‼️

[@TexasAggieNetwork]

That’s lady is cool af

[@gregorylewis9442]

SO AWESOME 👍💯😍🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄✅

[@georgegarcia2178]

MAGNIFICO QUE HERMOSO PODER RESCATAR EL DECIERTO TODO ES POCIBLE . LO MAS INPORTANTE DENDE BIENELA AGUA

[@danbujor5991]

That was a paradise. Everything is beautiful.

[@chrisrauers2047]

I love this family

[@marcusoutdoors4999]

Remarkable and inspiring

[@buzzabuzza3494]

Great lady she’s a example for all human kind👏👏🙏🙏

[@daydreamerprod]

Amazing work, so sorry your husband is no longer with her yet she carries on! So much grace, love and respect!

[@OutWestHomestead]

It's beautiful.

[@lennylink8772]

amazing!

[@luciferdevil4725]

Good work

[@ronaldsuliersulier948]

The gift of water can make deserts into paradise.

[@Idrinklight44]

A truly Beautiful Human!!!!

[@salamanfaisal]

Very impressive We need a peoples like you

[@nneichan9353]

this is a beautiful labor of love. so impressive.

[@bosse641]

Lovely more of that.

[@sburns3814]

I am in awe and admiration for what she has created.

[@user-bl7oe2md4p]

Goes to prove that the real green revolution is in working with the ecology and using a holistic systems approach not in brute forcing nature to serve the excessive resource demands of hyper expanding consumerism. Showing how a high quality of life is not equal to amassing an excessive quantity of things. Amazingly positive success story, well done planetary biophilic environmental caretakers and healers!

[@henryhenderson7051]

Absolutely doing God’s work on earth.

[@vegancookingwithroux2564]

Truly amazing and inspiring

[@angelstolen6966]

What a Great accomplishment, bravo.

[@JamesKonzek-xr5zy]

Way total cool!

[@chiefredbird7315]

That is pretty kool. 👍

[@dalevandenheuvel3927]

The Angel with a very Green thumb, keep going Kitzia ☺️

[@guzmaynard8768]

What a fantastic amazing women. We can all make a difference, look what one person has done, so wonderful, very inspirational. Go Katia, awesome lady

[@unite3717]

@KitziaKokopelmana is the name

[@guzmaynard8768]

My apologies for getting the name wrong@@unite3717

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Couldn't agree more!

[@annekabrimhall1059]

Contact mossy earth! Maybe they can fund a project in your home town. I would contribute 😊

[@hectorblogsviajero1623]

Genial hermoso 😂🎉

[@BrianJMader54476]

Very cool 😎👍

[@Hardworkandrealestateprofits]

Very interesting video 👍

[@atulpatel2850]

SIMPLY AWESOME!