Arca Tierra

Why it matters: founded in 2009 by Lucio Usobiaga, Arca Tierra is a regenerative-farming network that has revived a community of Xochimilco peasant farming families, restoring the ancient chinampas (Aztec floating gardens) with chemical-free agroecology. Its produce feeds top kitchens like Pujol and Rosetta, but travelers can experience it directly on a sunrise trajinera trip that ends with a farm-to-table breakfast grown steps from your table. Book the public sunrise breakfast well ahead online, arrive early, and bring a light jacket for the pre-dawn ride through the canals.