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Agroecology in Senegal: Lessons from Mohammed’s Innovative Model Farm
Thiès resembles a mini-Dakar: narrow streets of cement and unfinished buildings buzz with street vendors, unlicensed motorcycles, and corner cafés selling mostly Western food. While Dakar’s coastline enjoys a fresh sea breeze in April, Thiès is engulfed in crushing heat that tastes like sand and smells like gasoline. But weather aside, the city is a marketplace of innovation and ideas, and a testing ground for innovative and sustainable farming methods like agroecology…
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…
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 …