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- - We invest in family farmers to cultivate, grow and spread environmentally sound farming practices that work with nature, not against it. The result is people igniting local change, growing an abundance of healthy food, improving incomes, and regenerating entire landscapes.
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- - Working in partnership with cutting-edge local organizations around the world, we are a non-profit organization with a mission of strengthening rural communities to build healthy farming and food systems from the ground up.
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- - There are many ways for you to get involved with our work such hosting a dinner party or presentation, making a tax-deductible donation, or sharing stories with friends and family.

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Studies and Policy Notes documenting lessons from our work to improve human well-being in the Sahel.

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Regenerating the earth.
Transforming local food economies.
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Fertile Ground: Scaling Agroecology
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Empowering family farmers.
Regenerating the earth.
Transforming local food economies.
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What We Do

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Spreading Solutions
to Change Lives

Strengthening the exponential spread of effective ecological agriculture methods farmer-to-farmer.

Strengthening
local organizations & grassroots movements

Partnering and working closely with cutting edge local organizations.

Shifting
the paradigm

Amplifying our voices locally and globally to shape the story and the policies that nourish people and the planet.

We strengthen rural communities to build healthy farming and food systems from the ground up.

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Updates From the Ground

Grateful for the work being done to create a ground swell of change

Global support for agroecology is growing. The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) conference in Rome in April 2018, the […]

November 15, 2018

Special Recipe From Our Thanksgiving Table To Yours

At its core, Thanksgiving is a time of celebration, family, shared memories, and did we mention, food? It is celebrated […]

September 22, 2018

Coming Together to Stop Child Slavery in Haiti

We believe in the power of people and communities to improve their lives, often overcoming daunting challenges. The work of […]

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Discover the Future of Food.

Empowering family farmers.Regenerating the earth.Transforming local food economies.

Now Available in Spanish & French Fertile Ground: Scaling Agroecology from the Ground Up

Empowering family farmers.Regenerating the earth.Transforming local food economies.

What We Do

Farmer Heroes

Updates From the Ground

Grateful for the work being done to create a ground swell of change

Special Recipe From Our Thanksgiving Table To Yours

Coming Together to Stop Child Slavery in Haiti

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Get Involved.

Empower a family farmer today.

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Empowering family farmers.
Regenerating the earth.
Transforming local food economies.

Now Available in Spanish & French
Fertile Ground: Scaling Agroecology
from the Ground Up

Empowering family farmers.
Regenerating the earth.
Transforming local food economies.