César Linneo, bio-intensive mini-farming expert
Let us tell you how Adopt-a-Village will begin to celebrate our 20 years of service in Guatemala!
We are excited to tell you that we have attracted noted agronomist, César Linneo Garcia Contreras from the San Carlos University in Guatemala City, to provide training at our Mayan Center for Education and Development.
César Linneo is a professor in the Department of Agronomy who specializes in organic agriculture. In addition to his degree in agronomy earned at the university, he has studied bio-intensive agriculture in the United States, Mexico and several countries in Central and South America.
On Saturday, he and I will make the long mountain drive to our Mayan Center. We arrive on Sunday when he will begin his seminars in bio-intensive mini-farming.
What is even more exciting–his training will extend beyond our school doors. César will be visiting some of our sponsorship villages to teach. Last year, Adopt-a-Village introduced the concept of family gardens to various communities. Now, with a highly trained technician in bio-intensive mini-farming at our side, our work will be expanded and strengthened. As healthy gardens succeed, we will continue to increase our reach to dozens of communities. Our ultimate objective—create conditions for self-sufficient food production. More food and improved nutrition gives us valid hope that the all-too-high rate of chronic child malnutrition in this area is going to drop.
