On March 31- April 7, 2024 the Red Internacional de Agroecología Comunitaria-Joven (RIAC-Joven), or the International Youth Network, in collaboration with Asociación ANDES and Parque de la Papa in one of the highest and most colorful regions of the world, the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Peru. For the first time since the pandemic RIAC youth convened in-person.  Together we were a tapestry of nearly 100 youth and collaborators from the RIAC, Asociación ANDES and CAN gathered as a broader network from 8 bio-cultural regions across the Americas to multiply land based knowledges and networks of life to defend communities from south to north. See a resume of the daily activities of this event. 

AgroEco explained from some of the voices participating in this solidarity coffee supply network! 2023

Community of Practice: Youth in Agroecology and Commercialization (CAJAC in spanish) produce their own videos with the support of CAN team and allies. After three years (2021-2024) of participating in CAJAC youth express their connection to their home territories as they branch community based solidarity and cooperative economies rooted in agroecology. 

Video produced by the youth of RIAC in 2022 about the work they are carrying out in their territories, in #agroecology, #foodsovereignty of peoples, care and protection of the environment, rescue of ancestral practices, conservation of seeds, organic fertilizers, bio-intensive gardens, care of the value chain that ranges from the care of water, soil to the feeding of families, youth innovations where young people from urban and rural areas connect.