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Int'l Teacher Training on Agriculture - Mexico

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The Growing Connection trains youth and their communities to grow produce with water-saving, high-yield techniques and connects them to the Internet for info, advice, and communications with peers. project reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Educators in Ghana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic participate in TGC. They introduce TGC to communities, teach their students about agriculture, and advise them on how to bring extra produce to the market. Students learn skills and provide food and money for families - breaking the cycle of hunger and poverty. By bringing international teachers together, they will learn from each other and discuss how to make TGC more beneficial to their schools and their communities.

Activities

In Guadalajara educators will be trained on innovative horticulture techniques (composting, water harvesting, crop rotation), established business models, and learn how to document progress, transforming their school gardens into business ventures.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $140
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $89,860
Total Funding Goal: $90,000

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This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Educators are the cornerstone of this participant-led, ground-up program. By bringing educators together, they learn about what is being done in other communities, and bring back the best ideas for the benefit of their schools and communities.

Project Message

School gardens positively affect nutrition and health in students, and they also are the perfect tool to demonstrate sound scientific, economic, and business principles that change a student's future.
- Robert Patterson, Senior Liaison Officer, FAO/UN

Who is Running This Project

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Amy McMillen
Progam Coordinator
2175 K Street, NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20037
United States
202-653-2458
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Project Sponsor

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Organization

United States Committee for FAO
P.O. Box 33145
Washington, DC 20033-3145
United States
1-800-252-0455

Learn more about United States Committee for FAO and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in MexicoMexico and can also be found under EducationEducation.

For more information about Mexico, read the Human Development Report on Mexico or the Wikipedia entry for Mexico.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on March 19, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 23, 2008

Latest Update from the Field

TGC Teachers Developing Best Practices

By Leah Page - Consultant, March 19, 2010 01:34 PM

Jal (a porous stone) used in TGC EarthBoxesUS Students Using Potting Soil
Horticultural trials are underway around the world and local project sites are keeping records of the best local inputs to their TGC gardens. For example: In the United States teachers are using potting soil and vermicompost (from red worm composting) to grow their vegetables. In the Mexican state of Jalisco, teachers are using jal (a porous stone) and fertilizer. In India, the jury is still out about whether coir pith (coconut husk) or a soil and sand combination will work best.

This valuable, localized horticultural expertise will shared and collectively improved upon at the International Teacher Training.

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