Seed savers keeping biodiversity alive are connected by their shared mission
October 6, 2020 1:39 pm Leave your thoughts“You almost cannot help but feel connected when you work with seed.”
Categories for Women farmers
A Canadian seed farmer reflects on the pandemic: A Q&A with Kim Delaney
September 14, 2020 2:09 pm Leave your thoughts“There have been a lot of challenges. But a lot of learning too—that’s how I'm going to look at it.”
UPDATE: Help a farmer avoid a food crisis
May 14, 2020 1:57 pm Leave your thoughtsWe must act now to prevent a major food crisis in Central America in the wake of COVID-19.
The COVID-19 virus knows no borders
April 10, 2020 1:21 pm Leave your thoughtsWe need to work together in solidarity, across borders, to tackle this crisis and the many others that layer onto it.
Meet Maria Traoré, a farmer in Mali!
January 17, 2020 10:03 pm Leave your thoughts"Not only have I gained a lot of knowledge, but I’ve also become much more emancipated as a housewife.”
Before this farmer harvests food, she must harvest water
November 25, 2019 10:25 pm Leave your thoughts“Nothing would be possible on this land without the water.” Support a farmer with the gift of water this Giving Tuesday.
Growing a sustainable source of water in the Andes
November 25, 2019 9:40 pm Leave your thoughtsThe family’s small plot of land, perched 2,500 metres above sea level, was missing something crucial: water.
Women seed change: Gender equality starts with recognizing women’s work
November 18, 2019 6:02 pm Leave your thoughtsIn the Global South, a majority of women are farmers.
Irania is breaking glass ceilings in Nicaragua
November 18, 2019 4:44 pm Leave your thoughtsIrania is a strong advocate and inspiration for rural women and youth across Nicaragua.
Meet Denia, who has spent more than half her life working for change
November 18, 2019 4:19 pm Leave your thoughtsAt just fifteen years old, Denia founded a group that would change her community and the trajectory of her life.
Reversing extinction rates, one seed at a time
October 1, 2019 12:09 pm Leave your thoughtsCaroline Chartrand saves the seeds Métis people in southern Manitoba saved for generations.
The secret life of seeds: Saving sorghum from the brink in Mali
September 30, 2019 3:35 pm Leave your thoughtsFanta is a mother of eight, grandmother to 13 and guardian to one very useful grain that everyone had thought lost for good.
How onions seeds grew into self-sufficiency
September 30, 2019 12:43 pm Leave your thoughtsSitan used to walk hours every day to the market in Bamako, Mali to sell agricultural goods.
Women seed change – it’s time we recognize it
September 29, 2019 10:42 pm Leave your thoughtsWhen women farmers are treated like the experts they are, it's not just women who benefit, but entire communities.
Women coffee growers beating the odds in Honduras
September 29, 2019 8:10 pm Leave your thoughts"Ever since I was a little girl, I knew that farming was my thing to do. What I liked most was being in the field."
Open sesame: Women are seeding change in Honduras with this tiny seed
September 29, 2019 7:53 pm Leave your thoughtsWomen farmers in Honduras just launched a new microenterprise specializing in all things sesame!
