In southern Mexico, the loss of native seed varieties is a crisis undermining indigenous communities and cultures. We at Groundswell International are facilitating a collaborative action-learning process with eight local NGOs to strengthen farmer’s capacities to recover, improve and distribute quality local corn, beans, wheat, and amaranth seeds. This reverses the loss of biodiversity and improves food production and resilience to climate change. Seed production is essential, not only to … [Read more...] about Catalyzing Resilient Seed Systems in Mexico during COVID-19
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The Dry Corridor in Crisis
The Dry Corridor of Central America is in crisis. Extreme environmental degradation, increasingly unpredictable rainfall due to Climate Change, recurrent droughts, flooding, and other natural disasters threaten the lives and livelihoods of more than 10 million people living in this ecologically fragile region. AE+6 has proven to be an effective system for innovation and the spread of resilient agroecological practices through farmer experimentation and farmer-to-farmer … [Read more...] about The Dry Corridor in Crisis
Guiding Principles in Challenging Times
The original article appeared first from Groundswell International's Executive Director, Steve Brescia, on LinkedIn. This has been an exhausting and disorienting year. In the United States, we face deep divisions, even while we are challenged to join forces to confront huge crises. Currents of hope, fear, determination and anxiety run deep. Where do we find inspiration in these rough seas to steer towards real solutions? We at Groundswell draw on what we have learned … [Read more...] about Guiding Principles in Challenging Times
Hurricane Eta is a Bleak Reminder of a Climate in Crisis and Why Agroecology is a Solution
Groundswell’s Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean, Edwin Escoto, shared the below statement regarding the devastation of Hurricane Eta in Central America. For non-Spanish speakers, we have provided an edited English translation following the statement from Edwin. For anyone looking to help provide long-term food security to the region, you can donate here. Huracán Eta: La venganza de la tierra Por: Edwin Escoto Durante miles de años la Humanidad ha … [Read more...] about Hurricane Eta is a Bleak Reminder of a Climate in Crisis and Why Agroecology is a Solution
Agroecology: A Ground-Up Solution Empowering Marginalized Communities to Address Climate Change and Forced Migration
Environmental consequences disproportionately impact the poor and marginalized because they are excluded from decision-making processes that affect the places where they live. This has been true for generations, but today the stakes are greater than ever as environmental challenges, such as climate change, generate uneven environmental consequences on a global scale. People living in low-lying places, especially island nations that are just a few feet above sea level, are obviously … [Read more...] about Agroecology: A Ground-Up Solution Empowering Marginalized Communities to Address Climate Change and Forced Migration
Agroecology and Local Markets: Sources of Hope During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin America
By: Edwin Escoto, Regional Coordinator for Latin America & the Caribbean In Latin America, centuries of intractable social inequality and the accelerating deterioration of ecosystems, which are rooted in the neoliberal economic “development” model, have dramatically exacerbated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation has become so dire that the lives of millions now hang in the balance. These long-smoldering social and environmental crises demand urgent action if we have any … [Read more...] about Agroecology and Local Markets: Sources of Hope During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin America