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Vetiver Research for Pollution Mitigation and Soil Regeneration in Huasteca Mexico
Terra Advocati and Jess Mayes have played pivotal roles in helping Steven Lewis secure a Scientific Cooperation Research Program (SCRP) grant funded under the United States Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service. The grant will be administered with Texas State University as the primary grantee and Terra Advocati as the sub-grantee. The research project will take place in East Central Mexico at the Huasteca Regenerative Research Center in El Chino, Tamasopo,
Terra Advocati
Sep 15, 20222 min read


Sedepac Huasteca: Ecological Mission with Heart & Culture
This summer we followed up with the folks at Sedepac Huasteca to see how their projects are progressing. It was inspiring to see the...
Terra Advocati
Aug 8, 20221 min read


Chinamitl: Arca Tierra’s Chinampa Restoration
Regenerative agriculture is a term that gets thrown around thoughtlessly, often used to describe techniques that clearly are not...
Terra Advocati
Aug 7, 20222 min read


Vetiver Propagation Efforts: Summer 2022 Update
Vetiver Efforts in Ciudad Valles, S.L.P. You might recall from our last Vetiver Propagation update 12 weeks ago that we planted 350 rhizomes in the front yard of the Lewis family in order to ramp up the number of rhizomes that will be available to us in September when we are ready to start planting in various locations at and around the Huasteca Regenerative Research Center in El Chino, Tamasopo SLP. We estimate that as of now, in 12 weeks we have turned 350 rhizomes into r
Jess Mayes
Jul 31, 20223 min read


Huasteca Regenerative Agriculture Experimentation Center Update
Today we are happy to share the progress that has been made on the bulk of infrastructure for the Huasteca Regenerative Agriculture Experimentation Center in El Chino, Tamasopo, San Luis Potosi. We first broke ground on this project less than 10 months ago , and we have been able to keep the construction momentum going since the day we started. A big thanks to Steven and Maria Lewis for keeping things on track. For this update, I will stick with just infrastructure lists so t
Jess Mayes
Jul 23, 20222 min read


Mahncke Park Community Garden Tour
This spring I visited Mahncke Park Community Garden to give a little tour of this beautiful space in the heart of San Antonio, Texas. ...
Jess Mayes
Jun 10, 20221 min read


Vetiver Propagation Efforts: Spring Update
Our efforts to propagate and multiply as many Vetiver rhizomes as possible, continue this season. Over the weekend we transplanted 350 individual rhizomes into the ground. These 350 started out as 140 individual plants just 2 months ago, from our initial 30 rhizomes received in June of 2021. We will use this larger, in-ground space as a temporary nursery, with the goal of quadrupling our current stock by August 1st. This will be just in time for the peak of the rainy season,
Jess Mayes
May 22, 20221 min read
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