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Rooted in Place, Oriented Toward the Future The Huasteca Regenerative Agriculture Center is an intentionally local project with a global lens. Located in Ejido El Chino, in the municipality of Tamasopo in San Luis Potosí, the Center was born from a simple but urgent question: how can rural communities restore land, health, and livelihoods after decades of extractive agricultural practices, while remaining economically viable and culturally grounded? Ejido El Chino sits withi

J. David Bamberger was an inspiration to me, to us, to our contributors and allies across the Texas Hill Country, and to people far beyond it. His work did not just change a place. It changed how many of us understand what land can become when it is given time, patience, and respect. Bamberger showed the world that degraded land is not a lost cause, but an opportunity. He showed that hydrological systems have value, that water remembers how to move through a landscape, and t

Almost every Texan carries a fond memory of the Hill Country. For some, it’s swimming in a clear river on a hot summer day. For others, it’s a drive along winding roads lined with live oaks and limestone bluffs, or a quiet morning watching deer graze in the distance. The Hill Country is not just a place on a map. It is part of Texas’s shared identity, tied deeply to water, land, and the rhythms of nature that sustain both. Today, that landscape faces a serious and largely avo

This fall, our Coalition for Regenerative Ecologies and Agriculture (CREA) Internship Program, a partnership with the University of Texas at San Antonio and Alamo Colleges St. Philip’s College , is growing in every sense of the word. This year, we have expanded the fully paid internship program to include three new partner sites, giving students even more ways to connect classroom learning with hands-on regenerative work. Altogether, fifteen students are now spread across fi

Terra Advocati is proud to celebrate the appointment of our good friend and collaborator, Antonio Carrillo Bolea, as the Director of Agriculture for the State of Veracruz . (Dirección General de Agricultura y Fitosanitaria) This recognition is not only a personal achievement for Antonio, but also a powerful affirmation of the values and vision he has dedicated his career to: regenerative agriculture, agro-ecological systems, keyline design principles for watershed management,

The Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve is one of Mexico’s most extraordinary natural treasures. Rising from lowland tropical forests to peaks above three thousand meters, the Sierra Gorda is a land of dramatic contrasts. Eastern slopes receive abundant rainfall, nurturing cloud forests where bromeliads and mosses shimmer with mist. Western slopes lie in rain shadow, giving way to agave, cactus, and thorn scrub. Between these extremes, pine-oak forests and semi-deciduous woodlands