Rancho Mastatal

Rancho Mastatal is an education center, working permaculture farm, ecolodge and community rooted in environmental sustainability, meaningful place-based livelihoods, and caring relationships. Founded in 2001, the organization offers a permaculture design certification course as one of the leading permaculture education centers in Central America. Rancho Mastatal practices, promotes and teaches about living responsibly in the Tropics while educating visitors about tropical forests, and exemplifies appropriate technologies and permaculture techniques that help facilitate local efforts in conservation, education, natural medicine and community growth.