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 …
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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Location: Puno, Peru Alum Project Leader: Marvila Quispe This project was executed over a six month period in order to teach 50 families in the community of Acora in the Puno region about greenhouse vegetable production as well has green house construction. Workshops were held on various topics including: how to make organic fertilizer, how …
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 …
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 …