Sumitra recently released her first film, shedding light on the long, often overlooked days of women farmers in Nepal - a daily reality she knows intimately. At 4 a.m. on a humid monsoon day, Sumitra was already awake. To catch the 7 a.m. bus to her filmmaking sessions, she first had to finish her household chores and farm work. When she returned in the evening, more work waited for her at home. For the 33-year-old farmer and mother, learning to make films had to fit around … [Read more...] about What a Woman Farmer Sees Behind the Camera: Sumitra’s First Steps with Community Storytelling
Youth Messages for Tomorrow: What Rural Youth Want Us to Remember – International Youth Day 2026
For International Youth Day, we asked young people from smallholder farming communities across Latin America, South Asia and West Africa to reflect on one question: what did your elders teach you that you want future generations to know and keep alive? They answered through poems, memories, drawings and stories about seeds, soil, forests, animals, family and community. Different countries, different languages, and the same few lessons kept surfacing: watch the land closely, keep the seed your … [Read more...] about Youth Messages for Tomorrow: What Rural Youth Want Us to Remember – International Youth Day 2026
Watched the Groundswell documentary? Here’s how to support the farmers doing the work
The Groundswell documentary travels across 5 continents to show how farmers and scientists are restoring damaged soils, retaining water, and bringing biodiversity back through regenerative agriculture. Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson narrate real climate solutions with a hopeful tone - a far cry from the usual doom and gloom of climate documentaries. The argument lands: much of how we grow food is damaging the land and contributing to climate change, but farmers around the world are proving that … [Read more...] about Watched the Groundswell documentary? Here’s how to support the farmers doing the work
The Farmer Who Doubled Her Harvest Without Chemicals in Two Years – Agroecology in Ghana
In northern Ghana, Fuseina spent years watching fertilizer costs rise while her yields fell. Her life took a turn when she joined an Agroecology Committee in 2025, discovering and helping to spread practices that transformed her land. Written by Salma Abdul-Rashid, Urbanet Torope, Central Gonja District, Ghana — Fuseina Dokurugu is a 40-year-old smallholder farmer and mother of seven from Torope. She has farmed since childhood, relying on her three-acre plots as her primary source of … [Read more...] about The Farmer Who Doubled Her Harvest Without Chemicals in Two Years – Agroecology in Ghana
As Fertilizer Prices Rise, Agroecology Offers a More Resilient Path for Farmers
Authors: Sarah Sahlaney and Chandi Guntupalli At Groundswell International, we often talk about how our network builds farmer self-reliance. In an increasingly interconnected world, why does this matter for farmers, their families, and communities? Recent news, and Usha's story, show why self-reliance is such a valuable goal. Throughout April and May, ships carrying hundreds of tons of chemical fertilizers sat in the Gulf of Hormuz, unable to reach their final … [Read more...] about As Fertilizer Prices Rise, Agroecology Offers a More Resilient Path for Farmers
Groundswell International’s 2025 Annual Report: How 270,000+ Farmers are Building a Climate-Resilient Future
We are living through a period of converging crises: climate, economic, social, and political. Climate shocks have intensified, food prices and malnutrition are on the rise, conflicts are disrupting millions of livelihoods, and international aid has been slashed. Meanwhile, the industrial food system continues to fuel the climate crisis, concentrate wealth in the hands of a few, lock farmers into dependency on external inputs, and degrade the ecosystems we depend on. Yet … [Read more...] about Groundswell International’s 2025 Annual Report: How 270,000+ Farmers are Building a Climate-Resilient Future