Volunteering through Generations: How a Wisconsin Family Supports Armenian Farmers
After first hearing about the Farmer-to-Farmer Program in 1994, John Bobbe eagerly signed up to volunteer in Poland. The program, …
ACDI/VOCA Returns to Cooperative Roots to Usher in Professional Farmer Organization Guidelines
Global hunger is on the rise for the third year in a row due to extreme climate events, an ever-expanding …
AV Ventures Partners Locally to Bring Impact Investing to the Kyrgyz Republic’s Missing Middle
In the Kyrgyz Republic, as in many emerging or developing countries, large firms attract investors with deep pockets, while smaller …
Cassava Farmers Join in Red Stripe Beer’s Jamaican Pride & Profits
Charmaine Blair-Stewart has been managing her 11.5-acre farm in the St. Thomas Parish of Jamaica since her husband died suddenly …
Engaging Jamaican Youth in Agriculture through Farming as a Business
Oliver Creightney, 29, arrived at a church in Morant Bay in Jamaica’s St. Thomas Parish to mark his graduation from …
Mitigating Water Scarcity in Jamaica
In Colouden, a rural community located in Jamaica’s Clarendon Parish, hundreds of residents are not connected to running water through …
Keeping Girls in School in Northern Kenya
Dressed in her new uniform, Fardosa Boya, 12, walked toward the entrance of the school. It was the beginning of …
Gender Equality Is Gaining Momentum – As It Should!
We often hear that the future of a globalized economy is female. To me, that means that not only is …
Healthy, Happy Goats: A Volunteer’s Story from Ghana
Following an extremely rewarding career with the United States Agency for International Development, I decided to focus my time on …
Amazonian Seed Stars in Reconciliation Efforts in Colombia
Sacha inchi, known as the Inca peanut, was first cultivated by the Incas more than 3,000 years ago in the …
