SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PROJECTS

For the 821 million people across the globe who face chronic hunger, climate change is no theory, but an ever-present reality. Climate-resilient agriculture methods can mean the difference between survival and starvation for the 80 percent of the world’s chronically hungry and malnourished people who live in rural areas. The projects below exemplify our work in this area.

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Three masked individuals posing with fresh vegetables outdoors.

Easton Urban Farm in Easton, Pennsylvania 2021

This project with partner Easton Area Neighborhood Centers supports a community garden in which volunteers grow vegetables, fruits, and seedlings for distribution to low-income city residents. The project will benefit 1,705 people, 675 of them women, and an estimated 700 children.

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Three people smiling outdoors in gardening attire near a green net.

Training in Organic Vegetable and Cultivation in Peru 2021

The aim of this project is to address malnutrition in children and young people in the Piskak´uchu indigenous community in Cusco. Children and families in this community face food insecurity, with diets consisting largely of noodles, rice, and potatoes, with little nutritional diversity.