Better for Girls, Women & Youth, Better for All
March 23, 2023
The communities involved in this program feel they are better off as they reach expressed goals of empowerment and food security. Girls, women and rural youth say they feel greater […]
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Grain Banks Interrupt the Cycle of Poverty
Community grain banks have reduced the worries families have when the lean period comes July through September. Keeping back some of their harvest communally and storing it in safe and […]
More Income, Less Drudgery
August 15, 2022
The creation of community cereal banks is having a positive effect on farming and family food security. Local partner RELUFA reports that the grain the farmers save communally at harvest […]
Try, Try Again … and Succeed!
January 7, 2022
Community farming was a success in M. Kaé village in 2021. Although they have worked together on a community grain bank since 2014, a lack of funds to purchase fertilizer […]
Iowa church sows seeds of hope through longtime partnership
June 10, 2021
Almost 20 years ago, some members of First Presbyterian Church in Conrad, Iowa, heard a presentation about a program in which U.S. farmers and churches team up to raise money to help […]
The Old Ways are Proving to Be the Best
June 8, 2020
Farmers in Yama’s district generally cultivate crops like cotton, chilies, and vegetables. They believed they needed heavy applications of chemical fertilizers to get good yields, even though people got sick […]
Going Organic with Traditional Grains
October 8, 2019
Growing traditional cereal crops using organic farming practices is allowing Chinna, his wife, Maremma, and their eight children to feel greater food security even during frequent droughts. Prior to joining […]