Your support towards MESA’s scholarship program will go beyond changing one farmer’s life. Look at Peris Wanjiru Nderitu from Kenya. She is a farmer and community leader who received a MESA scholarship in 2011 to train in the Grow Biointensive method with Margo and Dan of Circle of the Sun Farm in Ohio. She is …
Adele and Darrell Westover of Westover Farm know what it means to grow deep roots. And for nearly a decade, these farmers have shared their hard-earned wisdom with MESA: from immersing Stewards in the daily work of the farm and market, to welcoming them into their Pacific Northwest community and multiple generations of family. While the …
MESA stewards continue to grow their knowledge – and share it forward – far beyond their time as Stewards. Upon return to his home in Ghana, Abraham Yidana developed his own NGO “the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA).” Through Abraham’s work, a MESA SPRIG grant of $400 towards the project has multiplied and grown to benefit the broader …
MESA staff and several Stewards and alumnni recently convened on the stunning coastline of Asilomar, California at the annual Ecofarm Conference. Organized by the Ecological Farming Association, its goals are “to nurture healthy, just, and ecologically sustainable farms, food systems, and communities by bringing people together for education, alliance building, advocacy, and celebration” – so MESA …
Veronica w/an abundant harvest at host site, Zephyros Farm MESA often receives letters from Stewards from their homes across the globe. We may hear the joys of reuniting with loved ones, the ups and downs of their agricultural projects, or remembrances of their season as a Steward. Now back in her home country, Veronica reflects on …
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