May Day, the Spring festival and ritual of blooming after a long Minnesota winter, is upn us. Understory is proud to have a presence, with director Reed Aubin as staff artist at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, creators of the parade and ceremony. For more information, see the web page.
Two Land-Based Initiatives in Nicaragua
A collaborative of single women working together to increase economic opportunity through land-based micro-enterprise. A farm school pledged to develop local capacity for restoring agricultural biodiversity.
Two projects addressing rural poverty in Nicaragua through leadership training and sustainable, subistence-level horticulture.
FEATURED BOOK: FIELD GLOSSARY / GLOSARIO DE CAMPO
160-page pocket dictionary & reference
Understory offers supporters the opportunity to directly support our work in Latin America by sponsoring copies of the Field Glossary to be delivered to sustainable agriculture practitioners South of the Rio Grande, who otherwise wouldn't be able to access this Language-learning tool. It's a chance to efficiently distribute a valuable educational resource to some needy folks, supporting the work of Understory in the process. For a limited time, $9.00 per copy will get these books distributed.
Are you interested in working in the Spanish-speaking world with sustainable agriculture projects?
Understory is building a database of organizations and projects working with sustainable agriculture in Latin America and among Spanish-speaking populations in the United States.