Self-sufficiency means not having to rely on large seed companies every year
October 1, 2019 11:42 am Leave your thoughtsLoïc Dewavrin is a grain, soy and oil seed farmer – and a seed saver on a massive scale.
Tag Archive: success story
Disappearing corn: Making tortillas without the main ingredient
September 30, 2019 5:26 pm Leave your thoughtsClimate change makes growing corn in parts of Central America near impossible. So these farmers are turning to something else.
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.
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 maize to survive hurricanes in Honduras
September 29, 2019 7:28 pm Leave your thoughtsThis corn can literally stand up to hurricanes.
Agroecology on the front lines of shifting agriculture
September 29, 2019 7:19 pm Leave your thoughtsHere's how agroecology has been part of the shift to diversified food systems in countries where SeedChange works.
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.
Re-going organic in Nepal
December 13, 2018 11:03 am Leave your thoughtsJit is an role model for his fellow farmers. He shows farmers what's possible when you go organic.
Lessons from the potato field: We need farmers’ knowledge
October 11, 2018 4:48 pm Leave your thoughtsOne of the most valuable resources available to farmers is simple yet often overlooked: other farmers.
Meet Jeidy, a coffee farmer and budding rural leader
October 1, 2018 2:07 pm Leave your thoughtsMeet Jeidy, an incredible coffee grower.
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.
The onion seed: Shifting to local seed sources
April 1, 2017 2:22 pm Leave your thoughts"I cannot spend a day without seeing my garden."
Reaping the nutritional benefits of organic farming in Nepal
February 23, 2017 10:23 am Leave your thoughtsA village health worker is observing significant improvement in health conditions of the children in her village.