Food and Farming Trip to Bolivia
In March 2014, Minnesota travelers participated in a ‘food and farming’ trip to Bolivia to learn about Mano a Mano’s new Center for Ecological Agriculture (CEA), as well as about traditional farming of crops such as quinoa.
Mano a Mano co-founder Segundo Velasquez at the Center for Ecological Agriculture (CEA).
Subsistence farmers from rural and peri-urban areas are learning practices at the CEA that will help conserve water and soil, for more productive harvests. The trip was sponsored by the Unity Church-Unitarian Mano a Mano Outreach Ministry Team.
As part of the trip, travelers visited rural communities in the department of Cochabamba, including Jironkota.
More Trip Pictures
Many more pictures of the trip are available on Picasa.
You can also check out trip photo albums on Facebook and Google+.