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Catalina and her Colombian Agro-Paradise: The Mitti Heroes of the Month

Jun 27, 2021
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We are thrilled to finally announce that Andrea Catalina Mesa is our Mitti Hero of May! Catalina is a passionate environmentalist and is working on her agroforestry project in Colombia. After setting up a successful small-scale organic farm in Florida, USA, she returned to her home country determined to restore an ecosystem once lost at her family’s farm.

Abdel & Jennifer: The Mitti Heroes of the Month

Apr 25, 2021
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Somewhere in the Hauts-de-France (North of France), Abdel, Jennifer and their family are reforging life with permaculture. Abdel does a lot of manual work which is required to turn the crops into food. Jennifer plans and organizes the markets, the deliveries and she also teaches lessons to their children. Before they started their farming adventure, there is the story of a transition…

Seed to Food Sovereignty

May 13, 2020
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One afternoon, I was preparing for lunch, cutting some lemons, nonchalantly sliding the knife through the flesh, scooping the seeds out. My GF: “Wait, don’t throw those away, what if we can plant them?”, said my girlfriend. Me: “Woah, that mean more lemons!”, I replied with excitement. Is that it? I put the seed in the soil and that is it, I thought. My life experience told me that nothing can be that simple.