Like many people, Yvette Larrea was raised in an urban setting disconnected from the knowledge of how to grow food. In her early thirties a conversation with a friend about permaculture led to her taking a nine-month permaculture design course which further sparked her passion to learn more about urban gardening. These experiences also fueled her desire to integrate many permaculture practices in her own life. She and her family started growing pesticide-free food in community gardens and then she started her own urban garden in her front yard. Beyond the strategies and techniques of permaculture, she has gone further into increasing her understanding of her relationship with the Earth through tuning into the wisdom within her ancestral Indigenous connection. Yvette is from El Paso, TX, and is the descendant of indigenous people from the lands we now know as Chihuahua, Mexico and Spain.

This weaving of ancient wisdom of the land, imparted to her through her genetic memory, along with permaculture and regenerative practices has created a tapestry of teachings that Yvette is excited to share with those who wish to learn more about natural methods of growing food and caregiving of the Earth. For Yvette, personally growing food in any space from pots, beds, to large plots is a gateway for all people to reclaim their access to healthy fruits and vegetables and elevate a harmonious connection with the Earth to create a more peaceful and loving world.

Yvette is currently contracted as a Farm Mentor with Harvest of All First Nations, in Boulder, Colorado. Yvette possesses a Master’s of Non-Profit Management, is bilingual in Spanish and English, and possesses extensive experience working in various non-profit organization settings serving diverse communities. She also has twenty-years of experience growing food in urban settings(Denver/Longmont). Yvette is also the owner of Signers Notary, a bilingual mobile notary service serving the Boulder County, CO area. Yvette has an amazing husband and two awesome children and lives in Longmont, CO, with her family, dog, and four chickens where they tend to their pesticide-free urban garden and grow ancestral foods like corn, beans, squash, tomatillos, and chile peppers among other yummy veggies and fruits.

Terra is a descendant of indigenous populations of Guatemala, on their maternal side. Born in Mexico, but migrated to the US during childhood Terra discovered a passion for organic gardening as a young adult after volunteering on an organic farm and learning center in Central Texas. They spent three years growing and learning from the founder and applying lessons to backyard gardens and partnering with local farmers to grow organic tomatoes. Terra attributes this time spent outside directly involved with the living organism in the soil to healing from mental and physical health issues, and a first step to establishing the relationship First Nations People across Turtle Island had with our food source and medicine. They believe providing environments for the greater community to access the health and nutrients given to us by rich living soil is essential for public health and environmental justice.

Segundo hijo solar nacido de Irma y Genaro. Caminando con las memorias convertidas enseñanzas de todxs mis abuelitos, maestr@s, las plantas nanabuelas, lxs niños sagrados. Tejiendo caminos viejos-nuevos para cultivar un mundo donde quepan muchos mundos; cualli nemilistli. Para Todxs Todo.