In the 1960s, the Chilean government supported the organization of Small Farmer Committees as a vehicle for education about farm practices and access to credit. The Small Farmer Committee in Rucacura near Hualpin in southern Chile secured a CIMVA...
My husband and I arrived in Chile in late September of 1967. Our town had never encountered Americans and were skeptical about why we were there, despite our best explanations. Perhaps as a test to win their confidence, their first request was that...
This picture was taken at a rural school near Hualpin in southern Chile in 1967. The children in this rural school were participating in an agricultural demonstration plot that was part of a Peace Corps ag development project. The test plot was...
As explained in a previous submission, the Chilean Government supported the creation of Small Farmer Committees during the 1960's to facilitate access to agricultural management and credit for small farmers. This photo was taken after one of the...
One of the major obstacles to marketing potatoes from Mapuche farms on Isla Lllican in the Rio Tolten in southern Chile was that the oxcarts could not travel the muddy roads to get the potatoes to the train station in Hualpin. I worked with the...