Letter from the Editor: June 2021
“There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.” – Charles Dudley Warner Think of that moment when you first board a plane and…
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“There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.” – Charles Dudley Warner Think of that moment when you first board a plane and…
Continue readingThis ancestral agricultural system is practiced throughout Mesoamerica (southern México and Central America), and it combines a great deal of knowledge and techniques rooted in Maya world view. When visiting…
Continue readingAs I’ve mentioned in previous articles, I had the privilege of growing up alongside the Milpa’s crops. My grandpa and my dad grew corn for many years; so the cornfields…
Continue readingThe relationship between farmers and animals has always been complex. In most places, people see the creatures that want to feed off their crops as a major nuisance. But there…
Continue readingYou have come to Yucatán at an important time. A time when one of the Maya’s main resources is coming to an end: the “milpa.” The low jungle of our…
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