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Reflections on Advanced Agricultural Techniques in Guatemala Eugene Young Environmental Education Center Highland Park, NJ May 22, 2018   Raíces Cultural Center would like to thank George Heibel for sharing reflections on his experiences during a recent exchange trip to Guatemala. In his talk and slideshow presentation, George highlighted the […]

Reflections on Advanced Agricultural Techniques in Guatemala

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by Nicole Wines The 2017 gardening season is off to a great start. Thanks to a new collaboration with the Sustainable Highland Park Committee, the Raíces EcoCulture Seed Library has a new homebase at the Eugene Young Environmental Education Center in Highland Park, NJ. We had our first meetings for […]

Photo Gallery: Raíces Seed Library Orientation Meetings 2017

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It’s that time of year again.  The time of year where it feels like winter has just begun and you can’t believe it’s only a few weeks until planting time.  Seed catalogs have been arriving in the mail; we are planning out our spring and summer gardens (just after the […]

Help Raíces Eco-Culture Spread our Roots – Nominate us for ...

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by Nicole Wines At Raíces EcoCulture, we try to stay conscious about reducing the waste stream.  Whenever possible, we find second uses for materials that would otherwise be looked at as “garbage”.  We upcycle and repurpose as much as we can.  Just like last week’s D.I.Y. post on homemade incense […]

D.I.Y. Fridays – Homemade, All-Natural Eggshell Fertilizer

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by Francisco G. Gómez So it’s been a month since we set up our new beehive; what a rush getting those incredible little creatures settled into their new home. It was thrilling to say the least and truly one of the most exciting things I have ever experienced.   We […]

Raices’ Bees – One Month Old and Going Strong!

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  GROW YOUR OWN Raíces Eco-Culture is holding its annual seedling sale so our community members and neighbors can grow their own food while supporting Raíces Eco-Culture programs. From tomatoes and cucumbers to broccoli and greens to culinary and medicinal herbs, Raíces has planted and been growing over 80 varieties […]

Raíces Eco-Culture Seedling Sale Fundraiser 2014

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by Nicole Wines We were thrilled to come across this awesome composting video created by local teens from the New Brunswick 4-H Green Titans Club and wanted to share it with our readers and supporters.  Check it out to learn more about how composting works and what these local youth […]

EcoCulture Spotlight: Local Youth EcoWarriors Release Composting Video

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It’s been a few months since our cultural exchange trip to Puerto Rico back in August and September of 2013. While we were there we took over 800 photographs and videos to document the events we participated in and locations we visited.  In between all of our other projects, we’ve […]

The Raíces Archive: A Sneak Peak-Puerto Rico 2013

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Raíces EcoCulture is growing! In the last year, we have started up a local and regional seed library, and this coming growing season we are expanding from our 7 micro farm plots to a 2-acre small farm site only 10 miles from our home base. We are excited to have […]

Help Raíces EcoCulture Spread our Roots – Nominate us for ...

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by Francisco G. Gómez Humans have devised so many complex labels in an endless attempt to describe what is simply, Nature. Permaculture, Bio Dynamic Farming, Eco Farming, Eco Tourism, Eco Spiritual Retreat… ”get in tune with nature through your inner self” and the list goes on and on and on. […]

Back to Nature, you say, but how can you go ...

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