INGRID FIGUEROA MANELIK
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A wheel of various beans placed on a tabletop. the wheel is encased with plant husks and the center is edorned with different beans divided into four quadrants. Each quadrant contains a different variety of beans a photo of corn stalks growing in Harmony garden on a bright sunny day. There are three large stalks and one small one in the distance. A large six foot stalk of corn surrounded by other plants on an overcast day A closeup image of corn stalks A table top covered with tortillas, salsa, squash, salmon and apple tea. someone is preparing fresh tortillas in the corner of the photo A girl wearing a big smile holding up a slice of apple with a bite taken out of it A hand holding up a red pepper in front of a picnic table full of apples and other vegetables Gardeners and guest at harmony garden sitting around the picnic table under a tent smiling and eating the feast. Beside the table a dog faces aay from the camera.
Ingrid and Daniel grew blue corn at Harmony Garden in the summer of 2021. On September 4th, Ingrid led a ceremony for the last stage of the 7 steps of the corn. We prepared a meal of tortillas, salsa, squash, salmon and apple tea together with her and Daniel's extended family.
Ingrid is co-founder of Ayotzi 68 Collective Society. Ingrid is an Agroecologist Engineer and a permaculturist, community artist, agricultural worker and a cook. Ingrid is the mom of two little girls who creates space to teach them about their intercultural heritage and growing around the 3 sisters-Milpa in a land based approach. Ingrid is passionate about horticulture and takes care of collective gardens. This year Ingrid and family migrated with their seeds from “Condor’s Milpa - Chakra” in New Westminster to Harmony Garden hosted by Squamish elders. Ingrid has a background in facilitating workshops around biocultural, agroecology- permaculture and community art projects within intergenerational groups in a holistic approach. She loves travelling to different territories, harvesting medicinal plants for medicinal baths and ceremonies, visiting elders and friends, where she is learning how to be a good guest in relation to their cultural practices.

Ingrid is in the Articling Program of the BC Institute of Agrologists, and she has worked in solidarity with the Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty leading community arts based engagement in the Wild Salmon Caravan since 2016.

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