Location: Cantón Cascol, Ecuador Alum Project Leader: Marcia Reyes Got goat milk? MESA alumnus Marcia Reyes has made it her business that students in Fiscal Cascol High School in the Manabi Provence of Ecuador have a delicious source of calcium in the form of local goat milk. Participants in her project learn that farm-fresh goat …
Location: Canduya, Ecuador Alum Project Leader: Alexandra Córdova Gustavo Torres MESA alumni Gustavo Torres and Alexandra Córdova have teamed up to address the issue of nutrition in the Canduya region, Bolívar province of Ecuador. Their project benefits the students of the Manuel Páliz School in Canduya and their families. Alexandra and Gustavo teach vegetable gardening …
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Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand Alum Project Leader: Dan Fusang Dan’s project tested and implemented organic rice production using organic compost in a small watershed area of Chiang Mai, Thailand. The goal was to teach local rice farmers and residents as well as visitors (100,000 people a year) to the Huai Hong Krai Krai Royal Development …
Location: Cajamarca, Peru Alum Project Leader: Pedro Flores Pedro organized a 100-member farming cooperative whose producers grow paprika and sunflowers on 35 and 435 acres of land. The growers’ cooperative has helped to secure longer-term markets and improve income levels throughout their region in the northern Peruvian highlands. This year the organization is considering adding …