Commonwealth Secretary General’s Innovation in Sustainable Development Award

Maya Mountain Research Farm won the Commonwealth Secretary General’s Innovation in Sustainable Development Award under the Prosperity category for it’s over 30 years of work on degraded land repair, food security and carbon farming. 

This was a great form of recognition of our work of many years, validating the concept of landscape level carbon drawdown through agroforestry.

Soul of Rurality designation of the Leaders of Rurality Award, IICA

Christopher Nesbitt won the Soul of Rurality designation of the Leaders of Rurality Award from the zInterAmerican Institute on Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA).
 This award pays tribute to those who are playing a unique dual role: guaranteeing food and nutritional security, by producing under all circumstances, as well as protecting the biodiversity of the planet. It also emphasizes their capacity to be positive role models in rural areas of the region.