In 2005-2006 I spent eight months in Peru documenting the work of a British-run NGO, The Cusichaca Trust, which records current use and encourages the restoration of ancient farming methods in terraced communities in the Andes. They also run development programs: putting in running water, teaching nutrition courses, organizing community focus groups to talk about what kind of work needs to be done in order to grow the local economy, among other things.
A woman weeds her maize patch, Andamarca, Peru.
Irrigation patterns are apparent in Andamarca, Peru.
A pile of potatoes to be seeded, bulls hitched to a plow.
A farmer and his friends celebrate during planting season.
A plowman after lunch, ready to sow fields, Andamarca, Peru.
Dannal Aramburu, archeologist, photographs a terrace excavation.
Attendants at a yunza, a Peruvian celebration that involves chopping down a tree in pairs.
The community gathers to perform necessary labor in the potato fields.
A mother with her newborn attends a nutrition class.
Soraida, a nutritionist, teaches women how to cook vegetables in the Peruvian highlands.
There are numerous corn varieties available in the Peruvian highlands.
As potatoes grow, soil is piled on them to encourage more growth.
In Peru the entire community gathers for ‘labor cultural’.
Terraces in Andamarca, Peru.
A boy whose mother is attending a nutrition class taught by Cusichaca.
Peru
In 2005-2006 I spent eight months in Peru documenting the work of a British-run NGO, The Cusichaca Trust, which records current use and encourages the restoration of ancient farming methods in terraced communities in the Andes. They also run development programs: putting in running water, teaching nutrition courses, organizing community focus groups to talk about what kind of work needs to be done in order to grow the local economy, among other things.