An afternoon COULD BE SPENT WORKING.

You might get to garden with women in Tecuanipan. In the garden there could be a variety of vegetables and fruits, some familiar, and some you have never seen or heard of. Working together you fertilize the seed rows that were recently planted with the compost they have collected over the years. You may realize that the ‘waste’ from breakfast that morning wasn’t thrown out but instead added to the compost for future use. The women might share challenges they have been facing with some of their plants. You could relate it to your own backyard where you are also having trouble getting your tomatoes to grow. Together you try to figure out what issues might be affecting your gardens in different parts of the world. By the time you take a break for lunch you have a list of tricks to try in your garden back home. You also have a new deeper connection with Marelene, a woman in Tecuanipan, who is part of your SaND Story.