Grow Ahead Blog
Grow Ahead Week of Action Recap: Fully Funding Farmer Success in Mexico
Grow Ahead Week of Action was a success, thanks to you! Together, we fully funded the Seed Saving and Reforestation Project in Mexico, planting 25,000 trees over 620 acres to restore degraded lands and support farmers’ resilience. From inspiring webinars to reaching new audiences, this week highlighted the power of collective action for small-scale farmers and climate resilience. Discover how your support made an impact and what’s next for Grow Ahead in 2025!
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Regenerative Organic Agroforestry in Ivory Coast
Campaign Goal: $25,000
Country: Ivory Coast
Grow Ahead has teamed up with KANY Scoops to support the planting of 35,000 trees and organize dynamic agroforestry demonstration farms to act as training centers for cocoa growers in the region.
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Update from the Agroforestry and Cocoa in Ghana Project
Grow Ahead partnered with Kuapa Kokoo, a cooperative in Ghana to plant 180,000 trees in the Agroforestry and Cocoa in Ghana Project in 2021 and 2022. We had the opportunity to catch up with the folks at Kuapa Kokoo to get an update on the project’s implementation. Climate change and its adverse effects on cocoa…
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Partnering to Meet Your Sustainability Goals
WHEN: June 21, 2023 Climate change is one of the biggest issues facing the world today. Now more than ever, we know that we need the sustainability goals of our businesses to align with a greater goal of taking action in a way that is holistic and accountable to communities on the frontlines of climate…
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Community-led Reforestation and Food Sovereignty in Thailand
Grow Ahead partnered with the The Assembly of the Poor, nationwide organization of grassroots community-based organizations and groups of people affected by Thai government’s policies and economic development projects, for the Community-led Reforestation in Food Sovereignty campaign. The project worked with 4,000 Farmers + Community Members to plant 65,000 trees and supporting plants. We recently…
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Eco-shipping with Grow Ahead
Is this the same as carbon offsetting? Grow Ahead uses the term “eco-shipping” to distinguish our projects from conventional tree planting projects that claim to provide carbon offsets. Carbon offsetting broadly refers to reducing greenhouse gas emissions or the act of storing carbon (e.g., through land restoration or the planting of trees), in order to…
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Observing Fair Trade Month: why it means not taking the short-cuts
October marks National Fair Trade Month in the United States: a month dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of fair trade, and the promotion of buying and using socially and commercially responsible products. Despite the term’s ubiquity, its full meaning still eludes most of us, with the numerous fair trade entities adding to the confusion. What makes Fair Trade so complicated, and what does Fair Trade mean to Grow Ahead?
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Agroforestry, Cocoa, and what it means for farmers in Ghana
We can find cocoa in cuisines and traditions around the world. In spite of — or perhaps because of — cocoa’s widespread popularity as an ingredient and commodity, traditional cocoa farming is built on colonial models of extraction that exploit the land, farmers, and farm workers.
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Join Divine Chocolate
Tackle climate change. Revitalize livelihoods. Regenerate land. Plant a tree today for just $1. (August 2022 update: this campaign has been closed as the goal has been reached!) As part of a larger initiative to plant 90,000 trees in Ghana, Divine Chocolate is teaming up with Grow Ahead to plant 10,000 trees with Kuapa Kokoo,…
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