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Family Traditions in Agroecology

Chico sapote fruit and tree Visiting a Family Ranch and Farm on the Coast of Chiapas Today we were welcomed into a loud and lively home...

Oct 28, 20243 min read

Super Plus Fertilizer for Patio Gardens

A group of women developing home gardens and milpa systems joined a workshop about Super Plus Fertilizer. We started off by collecting...

Oct 28, 20244 min read

Agroecology on the Coast of Chiapas

We took a trip from the mountainous highlands of San Cristobal de Las Casas (where the altitude is 2,200 meters above sea level) to the Pacific coast (where the altitude is just 1 meter above sea level!). It's quite a sudden, dramatic change in altitude and environment. In the left picture we can see the state of Chiapas in orange which is the southernmost state of Mexico bordering Guatemala. In the picture to the right, we zoom in on Chiapas, and the red arrows show the jour

Oct 28, 20245 min read

Beginning an Internship in Agroecology in Chiapas

Maize ready to harvest in Los Altos, Chiapas I recently began an internship with a rural development organization in San Cristobal de Las...

Oct 28, 20242 min read

A Bucket of Microorganisms

When I first started learning about agroecology, I was introduced to the preparation of Mountain Microorganisms for the first time. Now,...

Oct 28, 20242 min read

Preparing Special Garden Bed for Tomato Plants

This year at the Ranch they have had some challenges growing a good tomato harvest. Chelo (the agroecological specialist) gave the...

Oct 28, 20241 min read

Preparing a New Garden Bed at Rancho Lum Ha'

There are many ways to prepare a garden bed, but this is the way they do it at Rancho Lum Ha'! We dig out the bed and add organic...

Oct 28, 20241 min read

Moxviquil: An Institute for Social and Environmental Transformation

Moxviquil campus At a Slow Foods event in Chiapas I met a young woman, Adelina, who is studying at the Institute Moxviquil where she is...

Sep 22, 20242 min read

Garden Pests- The Infestation of La Mariposa Blanca

The pesky white butterfly!! The white butterfly is a pest whose larva loves to eat leafy greens and cabbages. This butterfly is a problem...

Sep 22, 20242 min read

San Cristobal de Las Casas: Street Art and Activism

As you can see, there is something to look at on every street of San Cristobal de Las Casas. Colorful houses, flowers, trees, cactuses, murals, papel picado, etc. Many of the murals and street art depict local culture and the struggles of different social, environmental, and political movements. Immigration, feminism, justice for missing people, the right to essential resources like water, the right to dignified work conditions, etc. The messages in some of the murals say, "

Sep 19, 20241 min read