We team up with farmer organizations around the world to support climate resiliency initiatives.
Read their stories, or join us in investing in the future of farming.
Loan Fund for Beekeeping in Chiapas, Mexico
Campaign Goal: $10,000
Country: Mexico
Grow Ahead is raising $10,000 with FondoMás and impacto cafe for a revolving loan fund to support small-scale coffee farmers as they diversify into producing organic honey.
Women-led Reforestation in Peru
Campaign Goal: $25,000
Country: Peru
Grow Ahead has teamed up with CAC Pangoa to support a women-run reforestation project in the Amazon in Peru.
Scholarships for Women Farm Leaders in Honduras
Campaign Goal: $3,575
Country: Honduras
On average, women make up 43% of the agricultural labor force and produce 60 to 80% of food crops in poorer parts of the world. Women have less access to a range of resources, including education. Sponsor education on regenerative organic agriculture for 10 women farmers from the Café COMSA.
Why Small-Scale Farmers and Climate Resiliency?
- 380 million smallholder farming families in the Global South produce over 70% of food (as measured by total calories) for the Global South and at least half, by the same measurement, consumed globally.
- Small-scale farmers are among the most affected by climate change even though they don’t produce a lot of greenhouse gas emissions.
- Small-scale farmers practicing regenerative organic agriculture can drawdown greenhouse gas emissions and help mitigate global climate change.
- Small-scale farmers receive little government or market support and safeguards and are vulnerable to increasing pest pressure, decreasing yields, and climate extremes.
Crowdfunding for Climate Resiliency
Farmers need information and resources to create healthy and resilient farms that will continue to feed their communities. That‘s where we come in. We team up with local organic and fair trade farmer cooperatives around the world to crowdfund for climate resiliency initiatives in four key areas:
Our Impact
WITH YOUR HELP, WE'VE FUNDED:
Micro-Loans for Beekeeping for Small-Scale Coffee Farmers
Mexico
$10,000 raised
40 people
Ended January, 2019
Promoting Conservation Agriculture in Ghana
Ghana
$3,025 raised
1,500 farmers
Ended September 1, 2018
Holistic Land Management Training – Chisuma, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
$3,636 raised
150 households
Ended September 1, 2018
Diversification Strategies in Smallholder Coffee Systems
Nicaragua $7,000 raised 70 people Ended June 17, 2018
Planting Hope: National Campesina a Campesina Exchange
Chile
$10,000 raised
55 women farmers
Ended May 31, 2018
Regional Farmer-to-Farmer Exchange for Coffee Farmers on Reforestation
Nicaragua
$15,000 raised
30 farmers
Ended September 15, 2017
