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Tierra Viva Collective (TVC) is a bilingual (English and Español) collaborative ecosystem led by and for land stewards, food justice advocates, and climate resilience builders. We work alongside farmers, farmworkers, and community organizations to cultivate shared knowledge, strengthen collective stewardship of land and resources, and grow regenerative food systems rooted in community leadership.

Our work emerges from ancestral wisdom, grassroots organizing, and mutual learning—building the collective capacity needed to nurture resilient communities and living food systems

We currently have two main programs:

Wellness for Farmworkers and Collective Care
and
Cultivating Commons (Sembrando lo comun). 

On a sunny day a farmer is walking through tall corn stalks, wearing a hat, blue shirt.
A Tierra Viva Collective outdoor workshop a group of people standing in a field.
Its harvest season - a pair of hands are holding a bowl of fresh, ripe cherry tomatoes.

VIVIENDO COMO LA TIERRA — Living the life of the land

OUR SERVICES + OFFERINGS

Diverse solutions tailored to your every need

  • HEALING, RESILIENCE, AND SAFETY FOR LAND-CONNECTED COMMUNITIES

    Wellbeing grows through relationships. This program cultivates the ecosystem of care that supports farmers and farmworkers—strengthening cultural healing, peer networks, leadership, and safe working conditions

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    INTERCONNECTED SYSTTEMS​

    • COLLECTIVE HEALING SPACE
      We co-create intergenerational spaces where farmers, farmworkers, and land-connected communities gather to practice rest, cultural traditions, reflection, and collective care. These spaces nurture healing, trust, and connection across generations
       

    • PEER WELLNESS NETWORKS
      We cultivate peer-led support networks where community members accompany one another through shared experiences, mentorship, and mutual care. These networks strengthen trust and grassroots mental health support

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    • CULTURAL HEALING PRACTICES
      We honor ancestral knowledge and culturally rooted healing traditions that sustain emotional and spiritual wellbeing. Through collaboration with traditional healers and practitioners, we expand pathways for culturally grounded care
       

    • HEALTH & SAFETY PROTECTIONS
      We strengthen farmworker health and safety by expanding knowledge, resources, and advocacy around workplace risks and environmental exposure. Our work helps communities protect themselves and their coworkers in changing climate conditions
       

    • LEADERSHIP FOR WELLBEING
      We cultivate leadership among farmers, farmworkers, and community members to advance collective wellbeing. Through shared decision-making and community visioning, participants help shape initiatives that strengthen resilience and dignity.
       

    • NETWORKS OF CARE
      We build relationships among healers, therapists, organizers, and community institutions to expand access to culturally rooted mental health and wellness support. These networks strengthen the ecosystem of care surrounding farmworker communities.

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  • CULTIVATING COLLECTIVE PATHWAYS FOR LAND AND STEWARDSHIP

    Sembrando lo Común is a Tierra Viva Collective program that brings together farmers, organizers, and community-rooted organizations to co-design land-based initiatives and regenerative food systems. By combining our strengths—knowledge, relationships, and lived experience—we cultivate the shared infrastructure and collective stewardship needed for communities to shape resilient food and land systems.

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    • LAND STEWARDSHIP
      Engaging with farmworkers, farmers, and land stewards in shared learning and exchange around land access pathways, and community-rooted approaches to caring for land Program: La Beca esto es un place holder, la beca deberia tener su propia website.
       

    • KNOWLEDGE COMMONS
      Cultivating spaces for shared learning, collaborative research, and the circulation of community knowledge, tools, and practices that strengthen collective capacity TV Collective Service Providers Data Base.
       

    • COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE
      Participating in and advancing collaborative governance practices through shared learning, research, and exchange around cooperative decision-making and people-centered administration.
       

    • FOOD NETWORKS
      Connecting farmers, producers, and community partners to strengthen local and regional food pathways through collaboration, coordination, and knowledge exchange.

      Program: NY Food Ways & Resilient Food System Infrastructure. I like how in this website they shared the resources that they have been generating, we don't have much now, but I'll be publishing soon:
      https://www.syrfoodalliance.org/advocacy

    • RESOURCE + FUNDING PATHWAYS
      Cultivating relationships and strategies that expand access to funding, fiscal sponsorship, and aligned resources for community-rooted land and food initiative

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Tierra Viva Collective works at the intersection of land stewardship and community wellbeing. Our programs function as interconnected systems that nourish each other.

Sembrando lo Común strengthens the relationships, knowledge, and infrastructure needed for communities to steward land and build regenerative food systems.
Farmworker Wellness & Collective Care cultivates the networks of healing, safety, and resilience that sustain the people who care for the land.

Together, these programs nurture living systems where land, food, and community wellbeing grow together

Where Land, Food, and Community Care Grow Together

LETS PARTNER TOGETHER

The commons grow through relationships. We invite farmers, community leaders, and aligned partners to join us in cultivating the knowledge, resources, and collective stewardship that nourish resilient land and food systems

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