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Living & Learning My Africa Journey to End Hunger

by RachelKenya | December 3, 2010 at 10:11 AM

Hello again... I thougth I would start to share more of my Africa story. I first arrived in Kenya in 2007 while in transit to Southern Sudan. … Read More»

Women Get Half Wages Despite Laboring Hard

by Stella Paul | October 15, 2010 at 9:47 AM

Women farm workers in rural India labor as hard as men do, but are paid half of what men are. … Read More»

Haitian Farmers: Growing Strength to Grow Food

by Beverly Bell | October 7, 2010 at 8:19 AM

Rony Charles, a rice grower and member of the Agricultural Producer Cooperative of Verrettes, said, “Instead of foreigners sending us food, they should give us the chance to do our own agriculture so … Read More»

Women farmers of India: A growing force without a growing voice

by Stella Paul | September 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM

A group of women have broken into what has been a male bastion for centuries: Farming. … Read More»

Haitian Farmers Commit to Burning Monsanto Hybrid Seeds

by Beverly Bell | May 17, 2010 at 8:51 AM

“A new earthquake” is what peasant farmer leader Chavannes Jean-Baptiste of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the news that Monsanto will be donating 60,000 seed sacks (475 tons) of hybrid co … Read More»

Visionary Leaders

Ending Violence Against Women

by Ritu Sharma

When Dulce Marlene Contreras started her organization with seven of her friends, she had just one thing on her mind: helping the women in her rural corner of Honduras protect themselves from domestic violence. Read More »

"Until women are economically empowered, they will not be able to escape abuse for good.”

Dulce Marlene Contreras

On Earth Day - "An Urgent Memo to The World"

by pdjmoo | April 16, 2010 at 2:32 PM

HAPPY EARTH DAY EVERYONE: … Read More»

The High Stakes of Land

by Rhyen Coombs

Women are the farmers of the world. Now their right to own land is being recognized as the key for ending global hunger. Read More »

"This whole land movement is in the same place that microfinance was in about 20 years ago."

Radha Friedman, Rural Development Institute

The Czechs cheer for GMOs, America's mission closer to accomplished

by teachergirl | June 15, 2009 at 10:39 AM

Last week, the Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic released a document, supporting the farm production of genetically modified crops. … Read More»

Need: Uniting Food Consumers and Producers

by Manuela | March 21, 2009 at 2:15 AM | Information Sharing

Does anyone know of existing technologies, platforms, non-profit or for-profit organizations that are working to connect the gap between food producers and food consumers? … Read More»