Category Archives: Sustainable Local Food Systems

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    EkoRural advances the movement for people-centered, rural development in Ecuador

    Written on May 8, 2012 2:02 pm, by

    EkoRural, a key Groundswell partner, continues its innovative fieldwork, advancing the movement for people-centered, rural development in Ecuador. With financial support from The Mary A. Tidlund Charitable Foundation, EkoRural is working to spread agroecological farming and strengthen local seed and...
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    EkoRural plays key role in shaping Ecuador’s national food sovereignty movement

    Written on Mar 21, 2012 6:13 pm, by

    In December 2010, as part of Ecuador’s landmark Food Sovereignty Law, the Ecuadorian Congress established the Conferencia Plurinacional e Intercultural de Soberania Alimentaria – COPISA (Intercultural Council on Food Sovereignty) to engage civil society organizations and citizens in the design...
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    Women farmers lead the way in Burkina Faso

    Written on Nov 29, 2011 8:37 pm, by

    Nearly a year has passed since field work began in Burkina Faso. The results have been incredible! Here are just a few of the many achievements: 397 farmers, including 159 women, from 19 villages participated in awareness raising sessions on...
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    A Thanksgiving message from Ecuador

    Written on Nov 18, 2011 10:02 am, by

    With Thanksgiving day just a week away for Groundswell supporters in the U.S., we wanted to take a moment to express our gratitude for helping us strengthen rural and urban people around the world to work together to create healthy...
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    Buffer food stocks to strengthen food security in West Africa

    Written on Nov 9, 2011 5:13 pm, by

    Images of famine in Somalia have drawn the world’s attention to the wider issue of food security in Africa. Unfortunately, the concept of “crisis” is still strongly associated with short, acute disasters such as drought and conflict. The unpalatable reality...
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    Women Farmers Feed the World

    Written on Oct 27, 2011 10:29 pm, by

    In West Africa, women’s resistance to the new Green Revolution shows that the question of agricultural sustainability is also a question of equality. It’s harvest season in Burkina Faso. Throughout the West African nation’s rural regions, small farmers—mostly women—are harvesting...
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    Transforming NGO roles to help make food sovereignty a reality (part 8 of 8)

    Written on Jul 27, 2011 11:26 pm, by

    This is the final post in an eight-part series about how we can transform the roles of non-governmental organizations like Groundswell to make food sovereignty a reality. Read the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh posts. Transforming NGO...
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    Taking advantage of new opportunities: health, urban-rural linkages, and climate change (part 7 of 8)

    Written on Jun 21, 2011 2:20 pm, by

    This is the seventh post in an eight-part series about how we can transform the roles of non-governmental organizations like Groundswell to make food sovereignty a reality. Read the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth posts. Taking advantage of...
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    Building alliances with farmers’ movements (part 5 of 8)

    Written on May 25, 2011 10:06 am, by

    This is the fifth post in an eight-part series about how we can transform the roles of non-governmental organizations like Groundswell to make food sovereignty a reality. Read the first, second, third, and fourth posts. Building alliances with farmers’ movements...
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    Strengthening community-led development and food security in rural Ecuador

    Written on Apr 20, 2011 9:17 am, by

    In January, with financial support from the Mary Tidlund Foundation, Groundswell and Ekorural began the process of strengthening the capacity of community-based organizations in six marginalized rural communities in Ecuador to lead their own development process. The six communities –...