Rui Qi, Author at Grow Ahead

Farmer 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.

Grow Ahead Joins 1% for the Planet

Grow Ahead, an organization dedicated to supporting regenerative organic agriculture on communities on the frontlines of climate change, joins 1% for the Planet.

How Farmer-to-Farmer Trainings are Spreading New Solutions to Climate Change

In the fall of 2017, Grow Ahead successfully crowdfunded a farmer-to-farmer training in Nicaragua. The training brought together more than twenty farmers and participants from around the world, mostly coffee farmers from Central and South America. Ryan Zinn caught up with one of the participants, José Fernando Reyes of Norandino Cooperative in Peru, to hear more.

How to Protect Forests and Support Farmers this Earth Day

This Earth Day, discover the potential of Fair Trade, small-scale farmers and agroforestry to regreen the earth, tackle climate change and create a fair and equitable food system.

Grow Ahead Honors Earth Day with Regenerative Agriculture Education and Crowdfunding Campaigns Featuring Women Farmers

Grow Ahead is celebrating this Earth Day by launching several campaigns to support women-led farming and seed bank initiatives, and by hosting a special webinar to focus on women from around the world who are leading through regenerative agriculture.

Webinar | Earth Day: Women for Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture

Celebrate Earth Day by joining us for a webinar to meet women from around the world who are leading the regeneration of agriculture and nurturing the next generation of farmers.

Scholarship: Vasantha Kumari

Campaign Goal: $2,500

Country: India

Vasantha is seeking a scholarship to spend one year at agroecology centre Amrita Bhoomi located in the pristine Biligiri Ranga Hills of India, developing skills in seed conservation in order to launch a seed distribution program.

Scholarship: Elizabeth Mpofu

Campaign Goal: $2,500

Country: Zimbabwe

Elizabeth is seeking a scholarship to travel to other countries practicing agroecology and regenerative agriculture to learn from their experiences and share what she learns through workshops with other women farmers in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa.

Reforestation and Revitalizing Coffee Production in Peru

Campaign Goal: $46,700 Country: Peru Grow Ahead has teamed up with Peruvian Cooperativa Norandino to support the families affected by “La Roya” blight through a farmer-driven agroforestry program. The program is geared towards revitalizing their coffee production, as well as supporting the conservation and reforestation of the local ecosystem.