With the turning from summer into fall, another farm season – and another season at MESA – has passed. While we are sad to say goodbye, our hearts are full knowing that our incredible Stewards are taking their experiences and energy to build the global food movement. This post features reflections on farming and the Center …
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Here at MESA, we love to hear from our alumni, who work with farms, gardens and programs across the world to better the health and resiliency of their home communities. After a Steward year with Ecology Action in Willits, CA, alumni Sanjana Silva returned home to Sri Lanka to continue seeding change. Sanjana shared how the …
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This is part two of the blog interview with MESA Steward Isabel Quiroz and her work linking women, gardening, and community change. Read part one and learn more here. Isabel worked with Gaia Soluciones and the municipality to launch a violence-reduction initiative in some of the most marginalized neighborhoods of Aguascalientes. The initiative saw community gardens …
For Isabel Quiroz, gardens grow more than fruits, vegetables, medicine and herbs. They also grow social change and empower community members to positively shift the direction of their lives. Isabel is from Aguascalientes, Mexico and a 2013 MESA Steward. Following her steward training at Ecology Action in Willits, California, Isabel returned home with new tools and networks …
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Our latest dispatch comes from Manjula Priyankara. Manjula is a Steward at Ecology Action. Read on for his inspiring story, how he plans to bring his knowledge back to Sri Lanka, and beautiful images from Willits: I’m from Mathalana, Ruggahawila, Sri Lanka. Back home, I work with the Department Of Agriculture as an Agriculture Instructor. …
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