Walking through the milpa to select corn seeds Seed Selection We arrived to a rural community in the Lacandona jungle of Chiapas, Mexico...

Here are some fruits we've seen during our community visits. It's interesting to see their evolution from flower to fruit. Do you know...

Native corn varieties Meetings with the Seed Guardian Network in Chiapas Rural producers from across Chiapas make up a network called...

The autonomous, community health clinic Community-Run Health Clinic and School In this community clinic, jars of plant-based tintures,...

Day of the dead altars in Berriozábal Day of the Dead is celebrated on November 1st, and I realize that I am posting this in May, but...

Harvesting coffee cherries January and February are the peak of coffee season, and in rural Chiapas, red coffee cherries color the fields...

Harvesting cassava, pumpkins, mandarines and corn from the milpa Today during this visit to rural communities in Tumbalá, Chiapas, we saw...

Sometimes field visits move at the pace of the community. When we arrive to give workshops and check up on projects like the home...

Me and my grandpa in Kentucky My grandfather grew up on a family farm in rural Kentucky where his parents and siblings produced what they...

We left from the city of San Cristobal early at 5:30am to travel to a community where different rural development projects are underway....

Burnt mango trees Today we traveled to a community where our plan for the day was to help prune fruit trees. Pruning fruit trees...

Today we visited a community on the coast of Chiapas where a small group of concerned community members are organizing around...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

Moxviquil campus At a Slow Foods event in Chiapas I met a young woman, Adeleina (Ade for short), who is studying at the Institute...