Training “Sustainable Students”

Location: 
Quito, Ecuador
Alum Project Leader: 
Luis Hidalgo Pineda
Jacqueline Naranjo
Grant Amount: 
$1400(USD)

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 another organization FUNDACYT which is also helping with a lettuce production project on the same piece of land. 

Riobamba Reunion

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.

KevinCody

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, ..."