A story of peace from the Huffington Post, published November 1, 2012:
Don Bustos of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) grows the same crops that his ancestors grew more than 300 years ago — on the same land and using the same methods, with a few modern adaptations.
Growing organic vegetables in New Mexico’s Sonoran Desert isn’t easy. Conditions there are different than in many other parts of the United States. Sixteen time zones away, in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) — known as North Korea — farmers can relate. They, too, face unforgiving climates and short growing seasons.
Under ordinary circumstances, traditional farmers from these two countries might never meet. But AFSC, which works to promote peace through programs in 35 U.S. cities and 14 countries, has a way of creating unusual opportunities for partnership and exchange.
Click here to read more about this remarkable collaboration between farmers, authored by AFSC’s Kerry Kennedy and Richard Erstad, watch a video & see photos from the tour.