Forests for Farmers: Agroforestry as a Food Security Strategy
by Cody Gallagher Farming families are aware of the challenges they face, and have innovative ideas to address them. But they need support and resources to turn these
Meet Alyson Welch, Our Executive Director
Now in our 10th year of work, we've hit another milestone: we've hired our first executive director, Alyson Welch! Aly has jumped in and is getting fully immersed in our
Earth Day 2021: Farmers on the Front Lines of Climate Change
Around the world, farmers are feeling the challenges pile up once again. Coffee rust. Low coffee prices. Political strife. Climate change. And now a pandemic has impacted their livelihoods and
Forests Feeding Families: Grow Ahead & Food 4 Farmers Launch New Programs
Indigenous and women-led coffee cooperatives in Latin America have teamed up with Food 4 Farmers and the crowdfunding platform, Grow Ahead, to launch three new farmer-led climate resilience projects in
The Call for TransFARMation
Food and the way it’s produced has a dramatic impact on the environment, biodiversity, and food security. Overreliance on input-intensive agricultural systems has left budgets stretched, the environment battered,
Give back to the Planet with Food 4 Farmers
The evidence of climate change is all around us. Unfortunately, it’s often the communities least prepared to adapt who are bearing the brunt of the effects. Food 4 Farmers’ programs
Making the Case for Better Coffee through Bees
This article was originally published April 12, 2018 on Daily Coffee News. By now it’s common knowledge that bees are in jeopardy throughout the world. As agricultural practices have intensified
School gardens get growing!
Thanks to the CoffeeGeek Holiday Fundraiser, we're now working with the SOPPEXCCA coffee cooperative to help 200 students in three area elementary schools grow fresh, healthy fruits and vegetables. Nicaragua's Food Security and
Mendez, Caswell and Bacon Author “Food Security and Smallholder Coffee production”
Food 4 Farmers Board members and University of Vermont researchers Ernesto Mendez and Martha Caswell, with Chris Bacon of Santa Clara University, have published a report on food insecurity in