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My Experience Volunteering with Seeds for a Future in Guatemala

By Mia Di Virgillio. My Experience Volunteering with Seeds for a Future in Guatemala After six months of traveling through Europe and Central America, I arrived in Antigua, Guatemala, where I spent two months volunteering and learning Spanish. This turned out to be one of the highlights of my travels. From the moment I arrived,…

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­Overcoming the “Hurricane of Hunger” in the Most Affordable and Efficient Way

By Roland Bunch. Antonio Guterrez, the Secretary General of the United Nations, has described the rapidly worsening famine around the developing world as a “hurricane of hunger.” Some experts say that as many as 100 million Africans are in danger of dying, and the increasing disaster has no end in sight. If even just 60…

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New Feature Added to the Home Farm Program

We’re excited to add Lombricultura, or vermiculture, to the permaculture and regenerative methods we share with participating rural Guatemalan families.  This addition was announced at our April 27th Field Day — Dia de Campo — at the home of don Jacinto and doña Herminia in the village of Lolemi. Nearly 100 local families and assorted…

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Chocolá, Seeds for a Future’s HQ, has a Multilayered History.

The village of Chocolá, Guatemala, has a long and complex history, from the Pre-classic Maya period (2000 BCE to 250 CE), to the effects of colonization across Central America, to prominence in the early 20th century as producer of coffee, to today, as the community continues to seeks its forward path. Through the centuries of…

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