HOW DOES THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE FARM?
The farm supports and coordinates the Community Environmental School. The school is a wonderful opportunity for the children of the area. Here they have a more creative, practical education with more art, English, sport and environmental studies. The children from the school come to the farm to learn about preparation of fertilizers, different crops etc. They also come for eco camps where they stay the night. Workshops have been organized in agriculture and other areas eg. alternative forms of income from working with ageing wood techniques, weaving banana fiber to make sun hats etc. Health days have been held at the school with dentists, doctors and the mobile cancer clinic. Garden competitions have been held as an incentive to grow more food. A bamboo reforestation project was created for the area after the Niño and earthquake (when there was very high demand for bamboo and the supplies grew very low). The nursery was at the farm. Groups of farmers and students from all over Ecuador
