Welcome to Aquilli Metzli, a community-based cooperative reimagining food, land, and culture on the North Coast.
We’re a group of farmers, cooks, artists, parents, organizers, and neighbors who believe in the power of growing food together—not just to feed ourselves, but to remember who we are. At the heart of our work is Milpa—an ancestral agricultural system that’s more than just planting corn, beans, and squash. It’s about building relationships with the land, with each other, and with the generations who came before us.
Aquilli Metzli is creating a seed-to-table masa co-op, where culture and economy meet in the daily act of making food with love and intention. By working together, we’re building something that’s cooperative, regenerative, and rooted in our own cultural skills and stories. This is how we care for our families, our communities, and the land that holds us.
We envision a future where Latinx and Indigenous communities thrive by leading the way in ecological healing, food sovereignty, and cultural celebration. A future where making masa is also making space—for joy, learning, ceremony, and connection.
This is an invitation: to show up, get your hands in the soil, share a meal, learn something new, and help build a better way of living—together.