On Farm Research & Projects

Choquecancha GROW BIOINTENSIVE™ Project

Location: Choquecancha, Peru Alum Project Leader: Ruben Huaman After completing his 2006 MESA internship, Ruben Huaman took the GROW BIOINTENSIVE™ method back to his home in Choquecancha, a poor, rural community in the highlands of Cuzco, Peru.  Through hands-on workshops, Ruben teaches young farmers, especially women, how to grow vegetables organically. In a region where […]

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Coffee Nursery for Agroforestry Systems in the Central Jungle

Location: Pichanaki, Peru Alum Project Leader: Heidi Zamudio For her Home Country Project, Heidi chose to work with the community of Agua Dulce Shori, a small community in the central jungle of Peru where she lives.  She set out to build greenhouses where she could raise coffee and a variety native trees so that she

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Kimilili Outreach Food Security Program

Location: Kimilili, Kenya Alum Project Leader: Henry Sibwoga Henry started the Kimilili Outreach Food Security Program in August, 2005. The goal of this project is to teach community members how to grow vegetables and raise foul organically, thereby providing food security for the community. Most recently, Henry implemented a “Chicken Project” sponsored by MESA. So

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Training “Sustainable Students”

Location: Quito, Ecuador Alum Project Leader: Luis Hidalgo Pineda Jacqueline Naranjo This project, based at the Central University of Ecuador, focuses on training alternative agriculture students in sustainable methods of propagation of medicinal, ornamental plants and vegetables.  The area they are cultivating is 5300m2 on an hacienda owned by the University. They are working with

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