WHAT: THE MAYAN FOOD FOREST:
Ancient wisdom for modern sustainable food
systems
WHEN: On Saturday July 17th, 10 am - noon
WHO: UCSB archeologist Dr. Annabel Ford who works with the Maya at
El
Pilar Forest Garden Network in Belize
WHERE: Santa Barbara City College East Campus, Room EBS 309 (Earth
and
Biology Sciences Building)
FEE: free
CONTACT: Larry Saltzman 805 451-4168
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Renowned UCSB archeologist Dr. Annabel Ford will share exciting new
research and understandings of how traditional Mayan food forestry
offers
important clues and inspiration for building truly sustainable
modern food supply
systems. "We often think of the rainforest as untouched by
humans, or
'virgin forest,'" she says."In reality, it can be
understood as the garden of
the ancient Maya: the product of millennia of management by forest
gardeners
who cultivated the cycle of milpa, forest garden, and forest. In
fact, 90%
of plants in the forest are useful to humans, indicating
considerable human
influence. The Maya Forest remains the second most biodiverse place
in the
world (the Amazon forest is the first). The legacy of the ancient
Maya
forest gardeners is continued by the Maya farmers of the El Pilar
Forest
Garden Network."
The Maya were and are master agriculturalists whose
exquisitely-designed
Food Forests can teach all of us about sustainable agriculture. Dr.
Ford
works with the modern Maya at El Pilar and has also excavated at
the site. She
has established that the Mayans have been engaged in food forestry
for at
least 8,000 years.
Directions: parking is free on the weekends, drive to the right
of the
kiosk at the main entrance/East campus, and that parking continues to
the
right of the kiosk all the way to the top of the stadium which overlooks
the
ocean.come early to find parking and the classroom
traveling North:
Merge onto US 101 North toward SB, 27.1 miles
Take Bath st. exit, exit 97, .2 miles
Turn slight right onto Bath street, .1 miles
Turn left onto West Haley st., .1 miles
Turn left onto Castillo st., .2 miles
Turn right onto W Montecito st/CA-225. Continue to follow CA-225 ,
.3 miles
721 Cliff is on the left
traveling South:
merge onto US-101 South
take the Castillo st exit, exit 97, toward Harbor
turn right onto Castillo st.
Turn right onto W Montecito st/CA-225. Continue to follow CA-225 ,
.3 miles
721 Cliff is on the left
Larry Saltzman
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
an educational
non-profit since 2000
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
www.sbpermaculture.org
"We are like trees,
we must create new leaves, in new directions, in order to grow." -
Anonymous