Come plant Amaranth with The Garden’s Edge in partnership with Española Healing Oasis Garden. The Healing Foods Oasis, is a partnership between Tewa Women United and the city of Española. They grow food, and provide opportunities to learn about environmental, public health and climate-change issues. The garden demonstrates how traditional, dry-land farming techniques can be

It is with Gratitude to Mother Earth that we gather together on Q’anil, the day of the seed in the Cholq’ij Mayan calendar, May 17th, 2017.  We ask that on this day we all go out into our fields and gardens to welcome the light of the rising sun in honor of the seeds that

Join us for the second annual amaranth seed sowing ceremony.  This event is co-hosted by The Learning Garden, Qachuu Aloom and The Gardens Edge! This is a special event that doesn't happen very often in Los Angeles. The event is free although we would appreciate donations so we can provide hot coffee and tea in

We’ll be planting Amaranth at Tres Hermanas Farm with Lutheran Family resettlement Agency. Tres Hermanas farm, is a community garden located at the Rio Grande Community Farm.  The Program manager Zoey Fink says, “the goal of the program is to empower the Albuquerque refugee population by providing them with space to grow for themselves, and

We will have 3 women from Qachuu Aloom joining us to share their stories and skills in tamale making.   In Guatemala, tamales are usually made with dough and filled with pork, chicken or vegetables, then wrapped in banana leaves. Traditionally, communities get together to make tamales for special events such as weddings, birthdays and other

We will be doing an Amaranth cooking workshop and Keres language class.  Come learn about traditional foods and participate in a cultural exchange with Mayan Farmers from Guatemala.  Email: Arlo Starr for more information and directions:  redrootacupuncture@gmail.com

Join Valentina and Olga from Qachuu Aloom at Bishop Paiute Tribe's Food Sovereignty Program on July 27th. We will be preparing recipes with Amaranth greens we planted in May at the Farmers market in Bishop. From the organizers: Maya farmers from The Qachuu Aloom Association in Guatemala are sharing their Amaranth seeds across the Americas