Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Welcome to episode 378 of Growers Daily!
We cover: Last week I caught up with Lucio Usobiaga of Arca Tierra in Mexico, and it’s hard to describe everything that this organization does. Their focus is to promote and encourage local agriculture in and around the chinampas – the famed floating gardens – in Mexico and so they aggregate a lot of food from that area. So Lucio and I talk about that. We talk about the chinampas as well—what they are, how they work (like ever think about how to get compost out to a garden on lake?), how they were created, and what their current fate is. It’s a fascinating and wide ranging conversation
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Welcome to episode 378 of Growers Daily!
We cover: Last week I caught up with Lucio Usobiaga of Arca Tierra in Mexico, and it’s hard to describe everything that this organization does. Their focus is to promote and encourage local agriculture in and around the chinampas – the famed floating gardens – in Mexico and so they aggregate a lot of food from that area. So Lucio and I talk about that. We talk about the chinampas as well—what they are, how they work (like ever think about how to get compost out to a garden on lake?), how they were created, and what their current fate is. It’s a fascinating and wide ranging conversation
We are a Non-Profit! 👇
🙌 DONATE 🙌 paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ
app.candid.org/profile/16047666
Links for today:
Arca Tierra: arcatierra.com
Arca Tierra Instagram: instagram.com/arca.tierra
MUSIC from this episode:
Endless by Victor Lundberg
via epidemicsound.com
Support our work (👊) at notillgrowers.com/support
or Patreon.com/notillgrowers
Show Sponsors:
Rimol Greenhouses: rimol.com
GrownBy: coop.grownby.com/notill
Good Agriculture: goodagriculture.com
Tilth Soil!: tilthsoil.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorYMGkYzMqYdJ8KDqTdMFUg5tw3lx_OSMBZPP6phSXpFhBIyUkT
MY BOOK!
The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook
French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: amzn.to/4h2bYot
Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html
German Copy: oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374
Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇
5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL)
👀: store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL🚨
ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook
The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook
Hats 🧢 👉 notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook
Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat
Music 🎵 👉 via empidemicsound.com
👕 MERCH 👉 notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook
Support our work (👊) at notillgrowers.com/support or Patreon.com/notillgrowers
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