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.
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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!
Breeding seeds for the climate crisis
September 29, 2019 6:19 pm Leave your thoughtsDid you know Canada does not produce enough vegetable seed to meet farmers' needs?
Farming toward equity: Transforming gender roles in Guatemala
September 29, 2019 6:09 pm Leave your thoughtsHerlinda is transforming her community's understanding of gender roles.
Jeidy always dreamed of running her own farm
April 4, 2019 11:20 am Leave your thoughtsIn Honduras, it's usually men who own land and manage crop sales. But Jeidy always dreamed of running her own farm.
Putting your values into action: Dr. Ann Denis
October 1, 2018 3:37 pm Leave your thoughts"In my experience, women usually have a very acute analysis of what is going on in their own society. That's something we should support."
Meet Jeidy, a coffee farmer and budding rural leader
October 1, 2018 2:07 pm Leave your thoughtsMeet Jeidy, an incredible coffee grower.
MPs visit our Seeds of Survival program in Nicaragua
February 5, 2018 3:58 pm Leave your thoughtsFour Members of Parliament left a frosty Canadian January and headed to western Nicaragua.
Recipe for regeneration in Honduras
August 25, 2017 1:15 pm Leave your thoughtsThen and now: for more than a decade, Isidora Garcia has been doing amazing work around sustainable agriculture in her community.