Today, Maya Achi communities face food insecurity as recurring droughts and extreme weather devastates crops. International markets for export crops are collapsing and COVID-19 has communities on lockdown with no access to markets. For Julian Vasquez Chun, this crisis gives rise to opportunity or as we say in Permaculture, the problem is the solution.
Nolverta Osorio De Paz Nolverta Osorio is a member of the Association Qachuu Aloom (QA) from the community […]
To address serious water shortages, The Garden's Edge is collaborating with the community of Chixolop in the department of Baja Verapaz, to build the first sand dam in Guatemala.
An Interview on Seed Saving with Julian Vasquez Chun by Josselin Chun Cojom I am Julian Vasquez Chun […]
Last week, we mailed out our Winter 2017 print newsletter, full of stories about the people and experiences […]
Qachuu Aloom youth – Damaris Valey, Eber Cortez, Reyna Morales Raxcaco, and Julian Vasquez Chun – conducted personal […]
by Josselin Chun Cojom My name is Josselin Chun and I was born in Guatemala. I am currently […]
2016 has been an exciting year at the Garden’s Edge! As we worked on the 2016 newsletter, we […]
We recently mailed out our Winter Newsletter! It is full of beautiful stories and pictures from our year. […]
A couple of weeks ago, while Rosalia, Maria Elena, and Julian were in town, we held our annual […]