Contour Lines

Contour Lines We plant agroforestry systems - over 17k sites across 490 villages in Guatemala the past 7 years. And now expanding into the USA, with projects in 25 states.
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Click the link below to apply for a tree grant:

https://contourlines.org/apply/

05/02/2026

𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗨𝗦𝗔.
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22/12/2025

Learn about our work, planting agroforestry in Guatemalan communities. 🌳🌴

Thanks to our tree-planting partners, One Tree Planted, for making this video and for making this work possible.

Lucas Rivera Jaimes, Lucas Trujillo, Tommy Turok, Nictê Milhose, Ulysses Migliozzi Junior, Dwight Carter.

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀:𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗼 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱:🌳180...
16/10/2025

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀:
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗼
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𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱:
🌳180,473 cacao trees,
🌳with over 17k families,
🌳in 490 indigenous Mayan communities,
🌳here in Guatemala, the ancestral home of cacao.

“𝐸𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑜 𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝑦𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑒 𝑢𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜́𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑜 𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑠, 𝑦 𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑦𝑎 𝑎𝑦𝑢𝑑𝑎 𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑜́𝑛 𝑦 𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎́𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑢𝑒𝑙𝑜, 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒́𝑠 𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑢 𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑦𝑜 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠.”
-Wilson Coy Q**m,
Contour Lines Technician
(seen in photos)

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀, offering: dried & fermented beans, 1-lb bars of 100% cacao (“licor”), and chocolate bars (e.g. the “Selva 70”, ). This completes the cycle of sustainability, restoring lands AND building livelihoods.

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🌳Thanks to our field technicians Abelardo Pop, Victor Caal Chocoj, Diego Sis, Ronaldo Coc Xo, and Wilson Coy Q**m.

🌳Thanks to our local partners: Frutas del Mundo, Ak' Tenamit, APROSARSTUN

🌳Thanks to our supporters over the years: One Tree Planted, I Give Trees, Fundación Mundo Azul, Ecosystem Restoration Communities, Agroforestry Regeneration Communities, Trees that Feed Foundation, World Centric, Fabretto Children's Foundation, Daughters for Earth

🌳Thanks to the team: Tommy Turok, Nicte Milhose, Ulysses Milhose

💪🌳𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀🌳 🌳𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗨𝗦𝗔🌳With site design underway for the 2025-26 se...
23/09/2025

💪🌳𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀🌳
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With site design underway for the 2025-26 season, Contour Lines continues to scale across the USA. Now with 121 farms in 25 states, more grants still available for this season *(info below).

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Meet some of the folks planting tree grants restoring landscapes while producing food with Contour Lines Agroforestry:

🌳 Charles & Jah, following their grandparents farming traditions since 1940. G4 Farms – Crawfordville, GA

🌳 Rocky & Olivia, producing probiotics from home-grown ingredients. Soil Shine Farm & Ferments – Burnsville, NC

🌳Nick, using his Contour Lines grant to plant a silvopasture system for grazing his chickens, pigs and goats between rows of trees. BOTL Farm – Ashford CT

🌳Taylor MacDonald, providing educational experiences on his permaculture demo farm. Eden’s Harvest at Death Farm – Chickamauga, GA

🌳 Dante Layton, reconnecting with land and community through farming. Fast Feast Farm – Bartow, GA

A big thanks to these 5 farmers—and over 100 more across the US—who have partnered with Contour Lines to restore ecosystems, cultivate food systems, one foot at a time.

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Join the movement. Applications are still open for this season. See the link in the comments and the description of this FB page to apply.

*Contour Lines USA provides tree/training grants in exchange for adopting soil conservation methods. This empowers landowners and small farmers to transform degraded land into nutrient-rich, biodiverse agroforestry systems with minimal external inputs or labor. Through these grants, Contour Lines scales regenerative farming practices that reforest land while renewing economic opportunities.

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Thanks to more Contour Lines farmers throughout the country:
Eckerd College, Bloodfire Orchards, The REED Center, SAHC Community Farm, Siena Farm, Junebug Organics, Fertile Foods, Hiranyagarbha Yuga Ashram, London Acres, Klickitat Canyon Winery, Food Forest Coalition of Chattanooga, Symbiosis Tx, Drylands Agroecology Research

𝗚𝘂𝗶́𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗼🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳El cacao es actualmente, por mucho, el árbol más popular que nuestras comunidades están...
27/08/2025

𝗚𝘂𝗶́𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗼
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El cacao es actualmente, por mucho, el árbol más popular que nuestras comunidades están plantando en las zonas tropicales de Guatemala. Por lo tanto, su manejo se convierte en una habilidad fundamental.

La mayor amenaza para el éxito de la producción de cacao en nuestra región (ultrahúmeda, con 4000 mm de lluvia al año) es el crecimiento de un hongo que, si no se controla, hace que las pochas se pongan negras y se caigan, resultando en ninguna cosecha.

¿Cuál es la principal solución?
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👉👉𝗟𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗔👈👈

Como dice Dwight Carter, fundador de Frutas del Mundo: "Si no vas a podar tus árboles, mejor no los siembras".

Por ello, los técnicos de Contour Lines se unieron a los estudiantes de Ak' Tenamit para aprender de los expertos de Dwight en esta habilidad vital.

👉👉𝗩𝗲𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗼𝗯𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗴𝘂𝗶́𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝗼 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝗼. Vea también un buen ejemplo de una plantación de cacao productiva.

Gracias a Fundación Fabretto por apoyar esta iniciativa para empoderar a los jóvenes con las habilidades productivas del futuro.💪🌳

Next Saturday (September 6th), Contour Lines joins forces with the Municipalidad Antigua Guatemala. 💪🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳We'll be ref...
20/08/2025

Next Saturday (September 6th), Contour Lines joins forces with the Municipalidad Antigua Guatemala. 💪🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳

We'll be reforesting a section along the trail to Cerro de la Cruz, where several pine & eucalytpus have falled. We'll replace this invasive plantation with a Contour Lines agroforestry site. Come join us 🫵 and:

🌳Help restore land with productive agroforestry.
🌳Learn site design and soil conservation methods.
🌳Plant a diversity of native plants, and take home some seed🌱

All are welcome, see you at 9am Saturday the 6th of September (updated)- Q'anil on the mayan calendar, a day of planting💪🌳

🌳𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝟳 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁.🌳Seven years ago today, in a trailer office on a Virgina farm, Sean Dixon-Su...
29/07/2025

🌳𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝟳 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁.🌳

Seven years ago today, in a trailer office on a Virgina farm, Sean Dixon-Sullivan asked Tommy Turok how to create a 501c3. He knew how. After two hours of online forms and one pot of coffee, Contour Lines was born.

One simple goal, plant as many feet of Contour Lines as possible.

Sick of seeing orgs that waste time with meetings, meeting about meetings, then meeting about that meeting they previously met on, just to finally draft a proposal... that would require more meetings; sick of orgs that revolve around "educating" only to preach their so-called superior way to farmers who would then go home and never implement it, or "planting projects" that only drop off trees to take a photo and then never return, only for the trees to die; sick of orgs that waste tons of funds with offices full of admin staff, teams of who-knows-who driving around in fancy pickups, achieving who-knows-what; sick of what Sean sees daily visiting communities in Guate—the same old story from campesino families who have seen nonprofits offering, paternalizing, wasting money and achieveing nothing, committing the same error for decades, still, since Roland Bunch published "Two Ears of Corn" on this exact subject over 30 years ago.

Tommy and Sean knew a shift in nonprofit development has been needed.

For 7 years they've scaled a work model. Low overheads, no pickups, no offices, just Tommy and Sean on the admin side and a team of bad@ss local techs getting **it done. Contour Lines.

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𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲:

🌳Providing the productive backbone of our agroforestry sites and the main incentive for campesinos to plant them—the grafted fruit trees, over 600k to date—thanks toDwight Carter of Frutas del Mundo, his nursery crew led by Jason and post-harvest dept. led by Daniela.

🌳Guiding us with the wisdom and experience in how to organize and motivate rural communities, thanks to Abelardo Pop, our original field technician, and now supervisor and trainer of the rest of the field teams.

🌳Doing the work, from training the families, designing and planting the sites, to monitoring, gathering data and coordinating the harvests—our field technicians are the next generation of leader, making this regenerative transition happen across Guatemala. Thanks to Ronaldo, Wilson, Diego and Victor, and their up-and-coming sub-techs, now leading teams of their own.

🌳Supporting from afar, yet just as essential, thanks to our donors. One Tree Planted, Fundación Mundo Azul, I Give Trees, Ecosystem Restoration Communities, Agroforestry Regeneration Communities, Abundant Earth Foundation, Trees That Feed Foundation, One Earth

And bringing income to the families restoring their land with Contour Lines agroforestry projects, motivating them to further expand this work to our post-harvest department, thanks to the Contour Lines Post Harvest department, Contour Lines Center, led by Nictê Milhose and Ulysses Milhose.

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See flyer in the comments, how you can support the movement.💪

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀🌳🌳🌳🌳Contour Lines Products are now available in 8 locations at Lake Atitlán and Antigua Guatema...
18/06/2025

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Contour Lines Products are now available in 8 locations at Lake Atitlán and Antigua Guatemala, and by order in USA (see locations below). Made at our Contour Lines Center, the ingredients come from organic, biodiverse agroforestry systems planted in indigenous communities.
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Purchasing these products supports smallholder families transitioning their land out of slash-and-burn chemical monocultures, and into Contour Lines agroforestry, which:

🌳builds food security and local economies,
🌳mitigates climate extremes,
🌳displaces chemical use,
🌳improves biodiversity,
🌳conserves soil,
🌳reduces chemical and sediment runoff into mangroves and the Mesoamerican reef.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀,
because now with over 16k Contour Lines agroforestry sites planted across 435 villages in Guatemala, this important task of adding-value and marketing the harvests sustains the whole movement:

🌳It directly funds the planting of more trees. For example, 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝟯 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙨, 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝘾𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙤 𝘽𝙖𝙧 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝟭𝟬!
🌳It sustains these Contour Lines’ post-harvest initiatives,
🌳and most importantly it brings income and incentivizes these smallholder families who are working to restore their lands with agroforestry.
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𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 (Antigua)
DEL OTRO LADO , La Red Materia, Twisted Scissors , Caoba Farms

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 (Atitlán) – Cacao Source, Granja Tz'ikin, Health Food Store San Jose, & the ATM Store

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 (USA) – https://grownby.app/farms/contour-lines-center-asheville [we’re beta-testing this platform, be among the first to order!]

See an example of a community produces them: El jardin de los frutos/The Garden of Fruit

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𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟯.𝟯 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗲𝘀.... 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲:

Tommy Turok, Nictê Milhose,

World Centric, Agroforestry Regeneration Communities, Abundant Earth Foundation, One Earth, Daughters for Earth for the initial support of these post-harvest initiatives

One Tree Planted, Fundación Mundo Azul, I Give Trees, Ecosystem Restoration Communities, Trees That Feed Foundation, for supporting the agroforestry work.

Carter of Frutas del Mundo Guatemala for the trees, the knowledge and the inspiration in this post-harvest work.

And most of all to our field technicians making this movement happen. Abelardo Pop, Victor Caal, Wilson Coy, Ronaldo Coc, Diego Sis Hernandez and their teams.
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Contour Lines is planting trees with the Municipality of Antigua 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐧 ...
14/06/2025

Contour Lines is planting trees with the Municipality of Antigua

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐨, 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐚.
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So far most Contour Lines projects have ocused on agricultural production; the 15k project sites planted in 430 communities across Guatemala have been primarily with smallholder farming communities. But this project we're planting rows of ornamental, flowering trees. enhancing San Cristobal El Alto's reputation as a travel destination, already an officially-designated "Garden Village."

Any successful reforestation project must achieve not only ecological health but also economic weath (in this case, eco-tourism).💪🐦🐝🌱🌳🌷

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Join us this Monday the 16th, and let's plant some trees.

Municipalidad Antigua Guatemala Selvin Pérezc de Asturias

21/04/2025

The first video in our educational series: “Restoring Lands and Livelihoods with Contour Lines’ Methods.”
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𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁: 𝟭 – 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿
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Legume trees are the backbone of Contour Lines sites, fixing nitrogen, producing mulch, and forming the erosion-control barriers. This is the first of four Contour Lines Methods. Combined they form a complete regenerative system that 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵-𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻, 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲, 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁. They replace the need for families to purchase chemical fertilizers and pesticides. (These methods also serve as the grant requirements for families to receive Contour Lines projects, helping us avoid paternalism and work only with the most dedicated families).

While these educational videos help spread the message, we don’t just teach, we implement! To date Contour Lines' technicians have planted these sites with 15.8k families across 429 villages in Guatemala.
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Thanks to Abelardo Pop, starring in this video, speaking in his native language (Q’echi maya). He began as Contour Lines’ original field technician in 2019, and his feedback has been the single greatest contributor to the success of our work.

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𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀:
One Tree Planted, Agroforestry Regeneration Communities, Ecosystem Restoration Communities, World Centric, Daughters for Earth, I Give Trees, Trees That Feed Foundation, John Roulac, Hannah Apricot Eckberg

And thanks to Daniel López Pérez Photography for producing these videos🌳 💪

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬!🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳The founders of Contour Lines—Sean Dixon-Sullivan and Thomas Leona...
06/03/2025

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬!
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The founders of Contour Lines—Sean Dixon-Sullivan and Thomas Leonard— will be teaching courses at the Organic Growers School, Spring Conference

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: Asheville NC
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧: March 16-18.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭: Water management (Thomas) and Contour Farming (Sean)

We’ll be digging swales with an excavator, marking lines laser/water/A-frame levels, and building practical the skills to restore landscapes, Contour Lines style!

Also, check out the Contour Lines booth in the trade show, where Mary Elizabeth Williams will be presenting our products and merch. Come try some cacao from our Guatemalan communities!

One week left to register online: https://www.organicgrowersschool.org/spring-conference-registration

𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞: 👉👉𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝟐𝟎👈👈
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7a Calle Poniente 23
Antigua
GUATEMALA

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Miércoles 10:00 - 18:00
Jueves 10:00 - 18:00
Viernes 10:00 - 18:00
Sábado 10:00 - 18:00
Domingo 10:00 - 18:00

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Restoring Ecosystems, Cultivating Food Systems

Contour Lines LLC, 501(c)(3) promotes regenerative farming methods, like mulching, companion planting, organic pesticide spraying, and namely, planting on Contour. We focus on educating in rural communities, as well as directly organizing, designing and funding selected projects. Check out our current project: https://www.gofundme.com/agroforestry-projects-in-guatemalan-community Planting orchards in a rural Guatemalan community, which address food security, economic development, and ecosystem restoration.

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