Huerta de Tormantos (La Rioja): biofactory, bokashi and keyline

Before founding True Regenerative in 2024, Xavier Vélez coordinated this farm’s transition. Here is what was done and what was observed, using data we have already published and its sources.

What was done and what was observed

La Rioja · 2019-2020, before True Regenerative was founded: Xavier Vélez coordinated the farm’s transition. According to the December 2019 soil analysis, the soil started at 2.5 % organic matter, pH 7.3 and a magnesium deficit. A farm lab was set up in a storehouse: 600 litres of biofertiliser in November, scaled up to 5,000 litres in January. With a professional topographic survey, a keyline layout was drawn for a 2.66 ha plot and worked with a rented Yeomans plough. The bokashi, made with local materials, reached 50 °C within 48 hours and was applied at about 10 t/ha. In the following months spontaneous plants slowly returned; pH remained the main limiting factor. Website: huertadetormantos.es. Press: elDiario.es La Rioja (2026) · El País (2000) · institutional visit Hita (2020).

How the plan was decided

At Huerta de Tormantos, chromatography showed us a soil poor in life, heavily mineralised and out of balance. That starting point shaped the strategy: home-made biofertilisers, bokashi at about 10 t/ha and keyline.

Photos of the work

Project photos (2019–2020).

What we do not claim

This page only covers what is recorded in the soil analysis and the 2019–2020 follow-up. We give no yield, savings or carbon figures for this farm, and every farm responds differently.

Sources and links

• Farm website: huertadetormantos.es
• elDiario.es La Rioja (2026), Km 0 awards (Spanish)
• El País (2000), about the farm (Spanish)
• Haro Digital (2020), official visit (Spanish)
• December 2019 soil analysis and chromatography (project records; the figures quoted are already published in Real cases and Method).

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