New Morning Farm is exactly the kind of Host we like to work with. Since joining our program in 2005, Jim and Moie Crawford have provided exceptional training for six lucky MESA Stewards. New Morning Farm provides, for the Stewards who train there, an excellent learn-by-doing experience of the true meaning behind “stewardship”. Jim and …
From Quito’s El Mercurio Newspaper: MESA’s 2009 Ecuadorian Stewards were visited in Quito by US Ambassador to Ecuador, Heather Hodges. U. S. Ambassador to Ecuador, Heather Hodges, visited today with Ecuadorian Stewards selected to participate in the Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA). The Stewards will travel to the U.S. as part of the exchange …
MESA PNP participant Paulina Mancheno was recently featured on the front page of Lancaster Farming. The article covered Paulina’s reasons for coming and her MESA program experience. The November 15th edition of Lancaster Farming proudly features MESA’s very own Paulina Mancheno on the front page. The paper’s Maegan Crandall visited Paulina and Paul and Maureen …
Location: San José de Minas, Ecuador Alum Project Leader: María José Romero For María José Romero, MESA 2007 alum, sustainable agriculture includes the conservation of natural resources. In the community of San José de Minas, near Quito, Ecuador, María teaches children at three rural schools about conserving local biodiversity. Through interviews with the school children …
Location: Mala and Omas Valley, Peru Alum Project Leader: Mauro Chumpitaz Alfredo Villegas Juan Carlos Chumpitaz As a MESA Steward at Morning Song Farm in 2006, Juan Carlos Chumpitaz was introduced to two hand-held weeding tools that he had never used before: the stirrup sickle and wheel sickle. He realized that this non-chemical weed control …
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