Key Ideas Guatemalan farmers are turning to organic pesticides, rooted in traditional practices and sustainable ideas, to replace expensive synthetic alternatives. Using a mixture of locally available plants, and ideas about farming passed down by ancestors, they are creating natural… Read More ›
Chiquimula
The Forgotten Midwives of Chiquimula
Víctor Peña presents a photo-reportage, in El Faro, on the malnutrition crisis affecting Guatemala and, more particularly, the department of Chiquimula. Brenda and her three children walk through the mountains to the community kitchen. Chon climbs a hill carrying a… Read More ›
