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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.
Jóvenes Contadores de Historias de América Latina y el Caribe viven su primer encuentro presencial
Once jóvenes, líderes y representantes de diferentes organizaciones socias de Groundswell Internatio…
Ajil Tz’aqat: A Mayan Way of Life for a World in Crisis
“You are me, and I am you; we are us, and what happens to you happens to me.”  …
Scaling Agroecology in West Africa with Community-Led Agroecology Committees: Lessons for Facilitators
Partnerships that leave communities strong, self-reliant, and resilient have been at the core of the…
Planning Climate-Resilient Farms with Hand-Drawn Maps and Satellite Images
High in the Ecuadorian Andes, two farming communities, Cuelloloma in Chimborazo and Atocha in Cotopa…
Semillas expandidas: Exploraciones sobre mercados locales en América Latina y el Caribe
Esta multimedia te llevará a Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras y Haití, donde organizaciones campesinas e…
Expanded Seeds: Exploring Local Market Dynamics in Latin America & The Caribbean
This multimedia story takes you to Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Haiti, where peasant and Indige…
How This School Kitchen Garden Is Transforming Meals and Homes in Bihar, India
At Utkramit Madhya Vidyalaya, an upper middle school in Bihar with just over 250 students, learning …
Restoring Ancient Ahar-Pyne Water Systems: A Rebirth of Traditional Farming Practices in India
In the flat farmlands of Surungabigha in Southern Bihar, a dry body of water had been quie…
What Grows on Concrete? Lessons from the Urkuwayku Regenerative Farm in Ecuador
Perched atop a breezy hillside in the Ecuadorian Andes, a 5-hectare farm shows what the future of fo…
How Joining a Women’s Savings Group Helped This Farmer Survive Cancer
Farmers in Nepal, especially women, face a host of intersecting challenges. Many work with limited r…
“We Are One”: Mercedes, a Young Kichwa Woman, Speaks on Nature, Community & Indigenous Knowledge
Mercedes is 16 years old and lives in Tunshi Grande, a Kichwa community 3,000 meters above sea level…
Groundswell International Earns a Top Four-Star Rating From Charity Navigator
Groundswell International is proud to share that we have earned a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navi…
21 Verses or Principles of a Model Farmer
Across Haiti’s rural hillsides, farming is a way of life, anchored in community, care for the land, …
How to Build a Model Farm through Agroecological Farming: A Practical Guide
Across the globe, farmers are confronting a storm of interwoven crises. Climate change, shifting glo…
How a Young Agriculture Student in Burkina Faso Turned Passion into Purpose
‘In the heart of every young person lies the potential for greatness’ Unknown In many ru…
Strengthening Agroecology in Nepal: A New Partnership Between Groundswell International and Tribhuvan University
Groundswell International is proud to announce a new partnership with Tribhuvan University in Kathma…
Agroecology in Latin America & the Caribbean: Learnings from the 2025 Regional Conference
This blog was originally written in Spanish. Read it here. From March 24 to 28, 2025, Groundswell In…
Fortaleciendo agroecología en América Latina y el Caribe: Lo que nos dejó la Conferencia Regional de 2025
Entre el 24 y el 28 de marzo de 2025, organizaciones socias de Groundswell International en América …
Partner Impact: Sahel Eco Empowering Farmers and Driving Agroecology in Mali
In 2024, our partner Sahel Eco helped drive a farmer-led transition to agroecology in Mali across th…
Agroecology Building Community Resilience Amid Climate Crisis in Latin America & the Caribbean
In 2024, communities across Haiti, Honduras, Guatemala, Ecuador, and Mexico endured a convergence of…
Saving Andean Potatoes: How Farmers Are Fighting Crop Disease like Punta Morada with Agroecology
By Rebecca Wolff On our recent field visit to the provinces of Cotopaxi and Chimborazo, with our par…