Posts by Alex Groome
IALA Guarani: Farmer-to-Farmer Social Movements Take Root in Paraguay
Campaign Goal: $20,000
Country: Paraguay
La Via Campesina member IALA Guanari is developing an agroecology center in Paraguay to provide education and support for rural communities. By supporting peer-to-peer training in rural areas, we can help rural communities build food sovereignty, grow food security, and tackle rural poverty.
Read MoreMicro-Loans for Beekeeping for Small-Scale Coffee Farmers in Chiapas
Campaign Goal: $10,000
Country: Mexico
Support ten smallholder coffee producers in Chiapas diversify into organic honey by starting their own or growing their beekeeping business in order to help farmers diversify production, improving livelihood and income.
Read MoreUpdate from Agroecology Scholarship Recipient Vasantha Kumari
Vasantha Kumari, from the Amrita Bhoomi agroecology center in south India recently received a scholarship from Grow Ahead for her work on the conservation of local seeds. Here’s the latest update.
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Read MoreScholarship for Vasantha Kumari
India
$2,500 raised
1 scholarship
Ended July 1, 2018
Diversification Strategies in Smallholder Coffee Systems
Nicaragua $7,000 raised 70 people Ended June 17, 2018
Read MoreCOMSA: Developing the Potential of Farmers in Marcala, Honduras
Founded in 2000 by 62 farmers who wanted to change how coffee was grown, Cafe Organico Marcala (COMSA) is now comprised of over 300 members, many of whom belong to the Lenca indigenous peoples, bringing traditional sustainable farming practices to the fore. Now internationally recognized as innovators in organic practices—from carbon sequestration, and coffee drying…
Read MorePlanting Hope: National Campesina a Campesina Exchange
Chile
$10,000 raised
55 women farmers
Ended May 31, 2018
Grow Ahead Partners with Heine Brothers’ Coffee and Coop Coffees for Agroforestry Crowdfunding Campaign Initiative in Peru
Heine Brothers’ Coffee, an organic and fair trade coffee roaster from Louisville, Kentucky, and green coffee importing cooperative, Coop Coffees, have announced commitments to support a regenerative agroforestry tree planting campaign in Northern Peru launched by Grow Ahead, a crowdfunding platform that supports small-scale farmers and climate resiliency projects around the world.
Read MoreFarmer Knowledge Exchange: Diversification Strategies in Smallholder Coffee Systems
Campaign Goal: $7,000
Country: Nicaragua
Sponsor a farmer-to-farmer training on diversification to support campesino farmers in mesoamerica facing a changing climate and volatile pricing on the international commodity market.
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