Here we weave networks!
From the Community Agroecology Network (CAN), we want to continue weaving initiatives to meet, listen to each other, inspire each other, and learn collectively toward food sovereignty through agroecological exchanges.
That’s why we invite
In these uncertain times, your commitment to actions that nurture the swarm of life is critical. We know that when we support each other, we strengthen actions that steward the relationships that connect all of us to building dignified food systems and dignified futures.
CAN Support the persistence of rural communities and their agroecologies. These grow from the restoration of microorganisms, the integration of youth into community markets, elders and youth learning from each other, and building dignified livelihoods intertwined with forest ecologies.
The CAN team connect Tierras Milperas with RIAC youth from Nicaragua who share videos, manual guides, and through virtual sessions share successful practice of preparing and using native forest microorganisms to regenerate cultivated soils.
CAJAC, our community of learning and practice in southern Mexico focused on agroecology, youth and solidarity economies, convened for its final encuentro last October. Building from the values of ancestral markets in this region the event took the form of a community market and fair where people gathered to build relationships, exchange knowledge and trade goods,.
RIAC: A Swarm of Youth Knowledges
“While there are fires used to harm, there are also fires that feed and regenerate.”
This year RIAC youth and CAN celebrated our 11th International Youth Exchange in Agroecology
Last September in Campeche, Mexico, Ka’Kuxtal Much Meyaj and CAN’s alliance, Tumben Kuxtal (New Life), and the Maya communities of Los Chenesinaugurated an integrative health center based in Maya cosmo vision. The Sistema Integral de Salud Maya Jaime Rocha Pech is a collective effort that combines indigenous and western approaches to healthcare.
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