RIAC Nourishing Agroecologies for the Care of Rural Economies and their Seeds
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Sharing Seeds of Knowledge and Learning Among Youth Networks: Towards Food Sovereignty and Autonomies across Territories
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
RIAC: A Swarm of Land Knowledges
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
Youth Multiplying Land Knowledges and Networks of Life: RIAC’s 11th Annual Intercambio
RIAC in the Sacred Valley of the Inca, Peru
Just one month ago the Red Internacional de Agroecología Comunitaria-Joven (RIAC-Joven), or the International Youth Network, arrived in one of the highest and most colorful regions of the
Youth Building Collective Power Towards Food Sovereignty
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“We continue to resist and connect with the wisdom of our grandparents on how to cultivate the land. [At the Intercambio] we learned new food recipes and we learned
9th International Intercambio
Youth Resisting Erasure, Planting Good Living
Join us in this year’s
Intercambio 2020: CAN’s First Virtual Youth Exchange
As COVID upended our plans, we quickly realized that we needed to plan a virtual Youth Exchange as it was critical to meet the crises head on. CAN’s first virtual Youth Exchange engendered an organizing process where the entire network of partner organizations participated in every aspect that made the exchange possible.
September 2020 Newsletter
“Podrán cortar todas las flores, pero no podrán detener la primavera.”
“They Can Cut All the Flowers, but They Cannot Stop Spring from Coming.”
-Pablo Neruda
Painted in a solid purple, this quote from the renowned Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, stood out boldly from the side of a garden
7th International Youth Exchange for Food Sovereignty
Overview
The 7th International Youth Intercambio 2019 brought together youth representatives from CAN’s partner organizations. Youth from Mexico, Nicaragua, and California (Watsonville and the University of California, Santa Cruz) gathered in Santa Cruz County for a four-day exchange that included trainings and 
knowledge exchange on a variety of topics,
Happy Life Forever – Lessons from Maddy Moore
Madeleine Clare Moore 1988-2015
Maddy was the student coordinator of Intercambio in 2011
and served as an integral part of CAN and FoCAN during her years at UC Santa Cruz.
During CAN’s 2017 Intercambio, held at UC Santa Cruz, the Moore family donated a beautiful mosaic table and benches as a memorial for their daughter/sister/friend,
Remembering Madeleine Clare Moore
Madeleine (“Maddy”) Moore was a CAN alumna who passed in 2015. Her father, Mike Moore, credits CAN with having played an important role in Maddy’s life. “She found herself in CAN. Madeleine and her colleagues’ efforts to establish international youth and women empowerment programs have changed the world for the better. CAN’s values reflected Madeleine’s
“Women & Youth United for Food Security, Food Sovereignty, and Climate Change Adaptation” | 6th Annual International Youth Exchange for Food Security & Sovereignty Gallery“Women & Youth United for Food Security, Food Sovereignty, and Climate Change Adaptation” | 6th Annual International Youth Exchange for Food Security & Sovereignty
“Women & Youth United for Food Security, Food Sovereignty, and Climate Change Adaptation” | 6th Annual International Youth Exchange for Food Security & Sovereignty
“This network [and these Youth Exchanges] are a source of support for us to not feel alone. A bridge so that we don’t get stuck doing the same thing. !No somos ‘agri-locos’! (We are not agri-crazies!)” cheerfully proclaimed Amy Cruz, a student from the Nicaraguan National University in Jinotega who participated in CAN’s 6th Annual
Growing Justice Team Travels to Nicaragua: a Spotlight on Ashley-Solis Pavon
After submitting a resume, writing a cover letter, and going through an interview—all for the first time—Ashley was chosen by a selection committee that included CAN staff and her fellow team members to be one of the two representatives from the Growing Justice youth team at CAN’s 6th Annual International Youth Exchange for Food Security &
Growing Coffee Food Forests | Youth Network Regional Exchange
April 13-19, 2015: Nicaragua
The first internal capacity building exchange of CAN’s network this year took place the week of April 13-19, 2015. More than 25 women and youth leaders from CAN’s partner organizations VIDA AC in Veracruz, Mexico, PRODECOOP and CII-ASDENIC in Las Segovias, Nicaragua, and the UCA San Ramón in San Ramón, Nicaragua joined
FoCAN’s Jessica Arciga’s Report from Intercambio 2015
FoCAN makes an invaluable contribution to Intercambio, CAN’s international youth exchange. In a blog posted on the FoCAN website, Jessica Arciga shares her experience as an Intercambio 20015 intern.
Intercambio was wonderful week spent among 17 youth exchanges from Veracruz & Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and Esteli & San Ramon, Nicaragua. The week was full of activities
“Restoring our Roots, Reclaiming our Labor” | 5th Annual International Youth Exchange for Food Security & Sovereignty
In February 2015, the Community Agroecology Network (CAN) held the 5th Annual International Youth Exchange for Food Security and Sovereignty —“El Intercambio”— in collaboration with its partner organizations in Mexico and Central America: UCA San Ramón (Augusto Cesar Sandino Union of Agricultural Cooperatives), VIDA, A.C. (Agroecological Connection and Development), ASDENIC
Interview with Adriana Murguia, FoCAN Intercambio Event Coordinator
The February issue of the UC Santa Cruz Sustainability Office features an interview with Adriana Murguia, Friends of CAN’s (FoCAN’s) Intercambio Event Coordinator. Adriana discusses how her work supports sustainability efforts. Click here to read the interview and here to learn more about
CAN’s 4th Annual Youth Exchange – A Success!
CAN’s 4th Annual Youth Exchange or Intercambio took place from May 15-23, 2014, in the coffee-growing highlands of Veracruz, México. The Youth Exchange brought 32 youth leaders together to share experiences and knowledge about building food sovereignty in their own communities. The majority of the youth are leaders or promotores from CAN’s Food Security and