Milpa First Acre Program: Free Seed to Grow and Give Back
Green Cover's Milpa First Acre Program gives you up to one acre of free milpa garden mix seed. You'll grow a diverse warm-season mix based on traditional Maya farming—corn, squash, beans, and edible perennials—while committing to donate at least 50% of your harvest to your local community. Learn what you need to apply and how to get started.
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0:00 Hey guys, Sophie from Green Cover here.
0:02 I'm pleased to announce that our mipple.
0:03 Garden mix is back in stock and we are
0:05 Now accepting applicants for our first.
0:07 Acre program this diverse warm season.
0:09 Mix is based on the Maya farming.
0:11 Tradition which originated in.
0:15 Maya people use sophisticated techniques.
0:17 To cultivate a variety of annual crops.
0:19 Such as corn, squash, beans, as well as.
0:23 Various edible perennials. Our first acre program provides up to one acre's worth of milk garden mix to any grower who is interested in donating at least 50 percent of the produce harvested to their local community. For the grower, this is an opportunity to see firsthand the benefit of diversity and soil health all while giving back to their local community.
0:42 Visit milpagarden.com today to learn how you can plant your very own noble garden.