Growing up in a family of farmers, Rubén was often known to live in the “house of agriculture,” where his farming experience was purely empirical — what his father taught him. However, his father made it perfectly clear. His advice? Don’t become a farmer. Farmers were...
Any day at Mano a Mano’s Center for Ecological Agriculture (CEA) in Cochabamba, Bolivia, you may find Feli among rows upon rows of hydroponic lettuce or taking care of one of the four beehives at the CEA. Ask him any question about either of these areas, and...
Editor’s note: We are happy to have Grace Jones back for a second summer (summer in the US, winter in Bolivia) volunteering with our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Internacional! Grace wrote the following newsletter about some of the day-to-day activities at...
Editors note: Grace Jones wrote the following report detailing her experience with our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Internacional in Cochabamba, Bolivia from June 6-August 6 2023. At the bottom there will be links to some of Grace’s newsletters and...
This week first-year agronomy students traveled from Chapare, a tropical region 4 hours from the Center for Ecological Agriculture (CEA), for a week-long series of workshops and practices on the farm. Though they were sad to leave, we are excited to see some of them...
