June 27th 2010, a group of students from Los Altos, California's, Foothill College Anthropology Department, embarked upon an adventure in the small yet fascinating country of Belize.
With the generous help of Mic and Lucy Fleming and their land at Chaa Creek, the Students found themselves with the opportunity to work alongs side Ted and Linda Neff in their study of the agricultural practices of the ancient Maya.
As part of a larger Anthropology field school, the Foothill students were invited to work with the Neff's at Chaa Creek for a 1 week intensive on Maya farming, learning archaeological research methods, and participating in an experimental archaeology project.
In their gratitude for Mic and Lucy Fleming for so graciously welcoming them to work on their land, they have put together a small blog about their experiences.


With farming, organization, practicality and multipurposeness is the name of the game.  Fields hold more than just one vegetable species and rows of raised beds show lettuce buds staggered in all different stages of life.  The dragon fruit cactuses have handmade birdhouses attached to their branches, in order to give life back to species that have had their original habitats destroyed or relocated.
There’s such a harmony with farming, a balance between human work, and nature, especially with the organic farm at Chaa Creek. --(Claire de Louraille)