EcoHuertos - Harvesting Potatoes and Garlic ('Cosechando Papas y Ajo')

The Seed Conservation Workshop aims to build greater capacity among school children and to provide tools that will aid in the development of self-sustainable garden systems. The subsequent seed conservation workshops were conducted on March 19-22 at the Loyola, Babeque and Rene Descartes schools, respectively. The workshops were conducted by Rose Lord of the "Make Gardens Not War Initiative," alongside the botanist Cristiana Cruz Minier, GFDD's School and Community Garden Program Coordinator.

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El objetivo del taller de Conservación de Semillas es dar mayor capacitación a los escolares y ofrecer herramientas de ayuda para el desarrollo de sistemas de cultivo autosostenibles. Los talleres se llevaron a cabo del 19 al 22 de marzo en los colegios Loyola, Babeque y René Descartes respectivamente, y fueron impartidos por Rose Lord, de la organización "Make Gardens Not War" (Haga Huertos No La Guerra) y la botanista Cristiana Cruz Minier, coordinadora del programa de Huertos Escolares y Comunitarios de la GFDD.