Working with the Root

By: Wednesday June 23, 2010 8:33 am

The following is an eight-part series about Danielle Nierenberg’s visit to the Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (ECASARD) in Ghana. Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.

Using Digital Technology to Empower and Connect Young Farmers

By: Wednesday June 23, 2010 7:13 am

Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.

At the Rural Development Foundation’s (RDF) primary school in Kalleda, a small village in the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh, India, students carry gardening tools, along with their notebooks and pencils.

A Conversation with Norman Uphoff, Advisor to Nourishing the Planet

By: Friday May 14, 2010 7:28 am

In this regular series we profile advisors of the Nourishing the Planet project. This week, we feature Norman Uphoff, professor of Government and International Agriculture at Cornell University.

A Conversation with Dave Andrews

By: Friday May 7, 2010 9:25 am

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.

In this regular series, we profile advisors to the Nourishing the Planet project. This week, we feature Dave Andrews, Senior Representative for Food & Water Watch.

Giving Farm Workers a Voice

By: Monday April 26, 2010 7:31 am

Danielle Nierenberg meets with Gertrude Hambira, General Secretary of General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ). Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.

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