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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.
An Overview of Our Strategic Framework for the Next Five Years
Traditional agricultural and food systems are not working for people or for our planet. The long-ter…
Cantave Jean-Baptiste at United Nations
H.E. Csaba Kőrösi, President of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, has stated …
We stand with AFSA’s Statement on AfDB’s Dakar 2 Food Summit
What are the solutions to “feed Africa?” Please read this important statement from the A…
New Evidence of Impact: Agroecology as a Poverty Solution in Haiti
Since 2009, Groundswell International has been collaborating with Partenariat pour le Développement …
Groundswell International’s 2022 Year in Review
As another year comes to an end, we’re taking the opportunity to reflect on the progress we’ve made …
Field to Film: A Youth Storytellers Film Festival
Over the last several months we’ve shared stories of rural communities and local food systems throug…
Farmers’ Knowledge and Seeds in Mexico: Food Solutions via Mexico Seed Project
World Food Day, celebrated on October 16th, focuses attention on solutions to hunger and poverty. Fo…
Global Conference 2022
During the week of September 19, Groundswell International gathered with our partners from fourteen …
Youth Storytellers in Burkina Faso: Part 2
Groundswell International collaborated with our partner organizations, Vecinos Honduras and Associat…
Youth Storytellers in Burkina Faso: Part 1
Groundswell International collaborated with our partner organizations, Vecinos Honduras and Associat…
Addressing the Global Food Crisis Through Agroecology: A Series By Chris Sacco
Over the last few years, we have all grown accustomed to hearing about how our world is in the midst…
Youth Storytellers in Honduras: Part 3
Intro / Part 1 / Part 2 Groundswell International collaborated with two of our partner organizations…
Youth Storytellers in Honduras: Part 2
Intro / Part 1 Groundswell International collaborated with two of our partner organizations, Vecinos…
Report from the Field: Senegal & Mexico
By: Ethan Scully If you’d asked me a few months ago – “What do Oaxaca, Mexico, and Thiès, Senegal, h…
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…