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 to build a greenhouse using local resources and cultivation techniques for Beets, lettuce, sweet chard, spinach, carrot, peas, cucumber, red onion and quinua. All fertilizer produced was donated to the workshop attendees.
In June, program manager Leah Atwood attended MESA’s second Ecuadorian Alumni Reunion. Over 25 Steward alumni from eight different provinces were there, traveling up to 12 hours to reach the highlands of Riobamba.
Kevin Cody, a graduate student at UCSC has been awarded a grant to study MESA! To “assess the potential to ‘scale-up’ innovations in sustainable agriculture (SA) through a case study of the organization, ..."