ecoExchange Newsletter Archives
Our listing of previous Eco-Exchange Newsletters:
December 2012- Grow a 2013 Beyond Industrial Agriculture
Featuring MESA's cooperation with The Natural Grocery Company, SPRIG: Solar Energy & Upcycled Barn, Agroecology Training in Thailand, Stop the Secret Farm Bill, La Via Campesina Anniversary and thank you to our Exit Seminar 2012 Sponsors and in-kind donors.
May 2012 - Full Cycle stories of MESA Stewards and Hosts
Featuring the Crown S Ranch host family visit to Peru, Steward Alumnus Ana Huamani Linking Women Farmers in Mala, the 2012 Orientation and plans for a 3-month Certificate of International Training in Agroecology (CITA) Program in Thailand.
September 2011 - The Hardiness and Ingenuity of Small-Scale Farmers
Featured Host: Foxtail Farm, Alumni Ruben Quispe Huaman in Action with the Andean Alliance for Sustainable Development, 1% For the Planet, SPRIG 2nd Season, Agroforestry workshop in Thailand, Alex Pastor Terrones blogs on Hurricane Irene and GM Corn Fails to Compete.
May 2011 - Spotlight on Peru Program
Featuring the Successful Peru Program, and with links to articles on a new Certificate Program (CITA), a memorial project - Stand for Sam, Oven Building with Urban Adamah, the 2011 Orientation, a blog post from Julio 'Yaku' Yuquilema, Terra Bella Farm, Mark Cain of Dripping Springs, Resources for Farmers, and Marketing Tip links.
December 2010 - Diana Loachamin's Photography and a Former MESA Host Visits Stewards
Featuring both Diana Loachamin's photography, and a visit Lowell Reinheimer, a former MESA Host, took to visit his former Stewards. It also includes links to articles that introduce the SPRIG Grants Program, new Global Partners, the Exit Seminar, FDA legislation, and Strawberries and Methyl Iodide.
August 2010 - The Farm Intern Connundrum
Featuring the Connundrum around the legalities of farming internships, this EcoExchange also has articles on Soil Born Farms in Sacramento, an alumni reunion in Ecuador, an Academic Study of MESA, a Steward Blog from José Ccalla, Strategies for weed control, and the growing trend of schoolyard gardens.
Isabel Quiroz, from Aguascalientes, Mexico and a 2013 MESA Steward, is developing plans for a community garden to provide healthy food, training in social change and food justice, and a peaceful sanctuary for victims of domestic violence.
MESA’s Summer-Peru Program aims to connect allies in global stewardship for a reciprocal, cross-cultural exchange of innovation and ancestral knowledge in farming. Learn how Peruvian Alumni are continuing their outstanding work with their communities. 
