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Young leaders shaping the future of food through film: watch the Field to Film Festival replays celebrating women farmers
Through youth-led films and panel discussions, youth storytellers invited us into realities that deserve to be seen, understood, and celebrated, in honor of the International Year of the Woman Farmer.
Youth Storytellers In Honduras: Part 1
Intro The first round of videos in our Youth Storytellers series come to us from some young change-m…
Youth Storytellers: Empowering the Next Generation
Agroecological farming and resilient local food systems are more effective and beneficial for people…
Groundswell’s 2021 Annual Report: Highlights
Each year, we release our annual report to illustrate the impact our organization and our partner or…
Report From The Field: Honduras
By: Chandi Guntupalli As Groundswell International’s newest staff member, I had the privilege of doi…
Voices From the Field: Interviews with Steve Brescia
At Groundswell International, collaboration is at the heart of what we do. We have always worked clo…
Listening to Local Voices : Storytellers Around the Globe
In the US, there is a heightened sense that the rules of our political and economic system seembroke…
Improving the Food Security, Incomes and Nutrition of Women-Led Families in Central Nepal
Groundswell International and our partner on the ground in Nepal, the Baudh Bahunipati Project Pariw…
Learning from COVID-19 in the Philippines: Why Growing Our Own Food Is Essential
By: Rene Lucero, Guest Writer Cebu is an island province in the central part of the Philippines that…
Groundswell’s 2020 Annual Report: Highlights
Each year, the annual report sums up the progress our organization has made in countries around the …
Catalyzing Resilient Seed Systems in Mexico during COVID-19
In southern Mexico, the loss of native seed varieties is a crisis undermining indigenous communities…
Improving the resilience of rural communities in the Sahel through pro-equity agroecology interventions
Vulnerability looks different across all rural communities. Pro-equity agroecology programs must tak…
In Loving Memory of Rebecca Akua Sabri
Rural Women Farmers Association of Ghana This tribute piece is a guest post from her sons, Den…
The Dry Corridor in Crisis
The Dry Corridor of Central America is in crisis. Extreme environmental degradation, increasingly un…
A Revolution of Accountability and Transparency
Groundswell’s founders created a bottom-up, network organizational structure that seeks to be truly …
Guiding Principles in Challenging Times
This has been an exhausting and disorienting year. In the United States, we face deep divisions, eve…
Hurricane Eta is a Bleak Reminder of a Climate in Crisis and Why Agroecology is a Solution
Hurricane Eta, the most recent and devastating hurricane that unleashed its fury in Central America,…
COVID-19 Recovery Is a Chance to Make the Africa Food and Farming System More Resilient
The pandemic has acted as a giant magnifying lens. It has shed light on inequality, the vulnerabilit…
The Barefoot Guide to Surviving COVID-19
The Barefoot Guide to Surviving COVID-19 addresses how people across Africa can weather the COVID-1…
Agroecology: A Ground-Up Solution Empowering Marginalized Communities to Address Climate Change and Forced Migration
Environmental consequences disproportionately impact the poor and marginalized because they are excl…
Agroecology and Local Markets: Sources of Hope During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin America
In Latin America, centuries of intractable social inequality and the accelerating deterioration of e…
Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mu…