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Join us in Oaxaca, Mexico for a Witness for Peace delegation
March 7 – March 14, 2018
This delegation will focus on a farmer-to-farmer exchange of traditional agricultural knowledge that centers on a communal vision of life. Oaxaca is considered the birthplace of corn and participants will learn about the local food system and models of sustainable agriculture that are in resistance to corporate agricultural interests. Join us to meet with Indigenous communities and organizations that are fighting for their rights to land and way of life in the midst of human right violations. U.S. foreign policy including free trade agreements, the Drug War, and militarization play a role in displacing rural communities. In the face of threats, indigenous communities in Oaxaca are organizing to prevent contamination of native corn, maintain traditional systems of agriculture and build models that continue to favor people and the environment.
Sustainable Farming Systems of Oaxaca
Participants on this delegation: • Meet with Mexican farmers working on protection of native crops, promotion of local markets, reforestation efforts, and food consumption • Visit communities, learning about family, life, and farming • Learn about traditional Oaxacan crops: corn, amaranth, agave • Strengthen a global grassroots movement for sustainability, food sovereignty and economic trade justice
Witness for Peace (WFP) is a politically independent, grassroots organization. We are people committed to nonviolence and led by faith and conscience. Our mission is to support peace, justice, and sustainable economies in the Americas by changing U.S. policies and corporate practices that contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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“ The ancient agricultural system of companion planting of corn, beans, squash, amaranth and chile is merely symbolic of the great agricultural and cultural wisdom.” Tio Joel, Milpa from Seed to Salsa
Total Cost: $900, total due Feb 7, 2018 Deposit: $150, application/deposit due Jan 7, 2018 For more information contact: Sue Wika, [email protected] Liz Moldan, [email protected] The delegation cost includes lodging, all meals, translation and transportation in Oaxaca, Mexico.
