Team Peru

Ag Initiative 2.0

August 8, 2012

Recently the Ag team, Aaron, Kat, and I, traveled to Mau Cau, a small village high in theAndes, to help put the finishing touches on 14 family greenhouses.  We were cautiously optimistic, as these family greenhouses represent an important step in impacting food sovereignty.  At the same time, however, we weren’t sure what to expect moving forward.  After all, we had only talked the government into supplying the wood and plastic, the families had done the rest.  We wanted to be there to support them in whatever capacity, but didn’t want to impose, we cherished the autonomy that their hard labor represented.

By mid-day all of my worries were gone.  Within minutes we were all gathered for an open discussion about next steps, which ended with the perfect combination of support and autonomy.  Shortly thereafter we sorted all the wood and began working one by one on roofing the greenhouses.  After two were done we broke for a meal, mainly of potatoes (a recurring theme that the greenhouses look to balance).

As more greenhouses were roofed (7 on the first day), it was apparent that the ag team was mostly in the way.  We took a back seat role for the last few, although were still fed one last time before our long walk home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~Chris Miller

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