When I first started learning about agroecology, I was introduced to the preparation of Mountain Microorganisms for the first time. Now,...

This year at the Ranch they have had some challenges growing a good tomato harvest. Chelo (the agroecological specialist) gave the...

There are many ways to prepare a garden bed, but this is the way they do it at Rancho Lum Ha'! We dig out the bed and add organic...

The pesky white butterfly!! When I first started visiting Rancho Lum Ha I thought "Wow how beautiful are all of these abundant...

This syntropic garden that has a diversity of plants-- squash, sunflowers, sugar cane, cappuchinas, buckwheat, mustard plants,...

Mountains and Cornfields. The drive to Rancho Lum Ha' During our 45-minute drive to Rancho Lum Ha', I gaze out the window of Chelo's...

Chelo teaching producers from Honduras to make organic fungicide If we want more farmers to be able to practice agreocological methods,...

Today we needed to replenish the liquid bio-fertilizer (biol, in Spanish) because it was running low. Liquid bio-fertilizers contain...

Fernando and I flipping the Bokashi Every morning Chelo and I catch up on each other's lives as we toss shovels full of Bokashi...

Preparing a Garden Bed at Rancho Lum Ha' After three months in Guatemala, I decided to return back to Chiapas, Mexico. Since Southern...