BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Midway X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Midway BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-1100 TZOFFSETTO:-1100 TZNAME:SST DTSTART:19700101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3646443:Event:45104 DTSTAMP:20260422T122531Z SUMMARY:Bolivia & Peru Ag-venture Tour DESCRIPTION:Bolivia and Peru: the Best of Andean Foods & Farms.\nNovem ber 15 – 30 and December 6 – 21, 2013.\nExplore Andean foods & far ming from Peru’s coastal capital of Lima, to the farming valleys of Arequipa and the Sacred Valley.  Marvel at Lake Titicaca, the world h ighest freshwater lake, and the vast altiplano. Accompanied by La Paz on Foot expert guides you visit farming communities, markets, restaura nts and meet with community organizations and small businesses committ ed to agricultural sustainability.\n \nMany of today’s most importa nt global food crops like Potatoes and Quinoa originated in the cradle of the Central Andes region. You will not only learn about producing local crops and the challenges faced by small scale producers, but wil l also participate in open discussions with regional experts and talk directly with indigenous farmers about their everyday struggle to prod uce nutritious food. Get “up close and  personal” with the  Ande an culture; it is unique and unlike any other part of Latin America.\n  \nAnd, linked to Agriculture, this region is also the cradle of impo rtant archeological sites including Peru’s Cusco the former capital of the Inca civilization, the incredibly beautiful  Sacred Valley, et hereal Macchu Picchu, and Bolivia’s town of Copacabana dating from 1 619 on the shore of Lake Titicaca.   We won’t visit these sites fr om the window of a bus……we will enter and explore them to learn ho w they contributed to building one of the world’s great civilization s.\n \nThe Central Andes has many lessons to share with the world and with today’s farmers. This  region is in the forefront of adaptati on to a changing climate. As you will quickly see from the beginning o f the tour, Andean farmers have had to adapt to quickly changing envir onmental conditions for centuries and are doing so again as water regi mes shift and temperatures rise. This tour will provide a unique oppor tunity for you to exchange your own experiences and ideas with others committed to a clean and socially just method of food and farming prod uction systems from producers to consumers and back again!\n \nThe id entical tour is offered on two dates: November, 15-30 and December 6 21. 2013\n It will be personally guided by Stephen Taranto, MSc In terdisciplinary Ecology, founder of La Paz on Foot.\n\nFor more inform ation visit https://ontag.farms.com/events/bolivia-peru-ag-venture-tou r DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Midway:20131115T000000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Midway:20131130T235900 CATEGORIES:agricultural, tour LOCATION:Bolivia & Peru WEBSITE:http://www.rwthomastours.com URL:http://www.rwthomastours.com CONTACT:519 633 2390 ORGANIZER;CN="Bob Thomas":https://ontag.farms.com/profile/BobThomas514 ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/1091519875?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Bob Thom as":https://ontag.farms.com/profile/BobThomas514 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="OntAG A dmin":https://ontag.farms.com/profile/OntAGAdmin END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR