Sustainable Harvest International

MARCH 12, 2025

2024 was a year of new partnerships and growth for Sustainable Harvest International (SHI). Thanks to committed donors like you, we made a lasting impact on farming families and the planet. These strategies will benefit farming communities by providing more effective tools and knowledge. Roots of Renewal , produced by David E.

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Sustainable Harvest International

OCTOBER 2, 2024

While beneficial farming practices should be the norm, the unfortunate reality is that many individuals and companies farm in a destructive way, negatively impacting us all. Once used on a farm, it takes significant time and effort to restore the soil to a healthy state. The opposite of Regenerative is Degenerative.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Until a few years ago, Songbird Farm in Unity, Maine, grew wheat, rye, oats, and corn, as well as an array of vegetables in three high tunnel greenhouses, and supported a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program for over 100 customers. Some farms were able to stop production temporarily while they identified possible solutions.

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Caff

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Earlier this year, CAFF kicked off a massive project in the San Joaquin Valley to help support family farms there and strengthen the local food economy, in partnership with UC Agriculture & Natural Resources (UC ANR) and the Central Valley Community Foundation (CVCF), among others. Why take on such a big project?

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Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in regenerative agriculture, a holistic approach to farming that seeks to restore and revitalize the land while improving crop yields and overall farm profitability. Improved soil health : Regenerative practices prioritize soil health, which is the foundation of successful farming.

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Sustainable Harvest International

JULY 19, 2022

By: Florence Reed , Founder + Director of Sustainable Harvest International With the war in Ukraine, the global food crisis looms large, given that Ukraine is a major global exporter of both wheat and chemical fertilizers. The crisis in Ukraine reveals that now more than ever, we must embrace a food system grounded in local agroecology.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

He found this disconcerting, not only for himself but the future of small-scale grain farming in California, once known for its golden hills of grain. This specialized, often professionally operated equipment—and all farm equipment , for that matter—can be prohibitively challenging for many farmers to buy and maintain.

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Sustainable Harvest International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Love Tropics, an annual Minecraft charity livestream event, has chosen to support Sustainable Harvest International and the partnering community of Santa Martha, Belize, for this year’s event. The ecological farming practices SHI partner farmers use provide even more habitat for wildlife and contribute to national conservation efforts.

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Sustainable Harvest International

AUGUST 16, 2022

Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) has been selected to participate in the inaugural Reimagining the Future of Global Development moonshot accelerator co-hosted by Day One Project and UnlockAid. Learn more about the Million Farm Transformation Stay in the know. Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 29, 2023

Before RiCharde and his wife, Anna, took over Good Wheel Farm outside of Asheville in 2019, he managed the livestock operations for another farm in Western North Carolina. His vision has gotten a jump start through a partnership with Carbon Harvest.

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Sustainable Harvest International

AUGUST 4, 2022

In January 2022, SHI launched Promoter 4 Change, a farmer-to-farmer training program creating rural climate resilience, biodiversity, and new economic opportunities through sustainable farming practices. They’ll be able to see agroecology and all its bounteous rewards in practice. million trees. 45% of these graduates are youth.

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Sustainable Harvest International

APRIL 9, 2024

Agroforestry and agroecology are practices central to the regenerative agriculture efforts of Initiative 20x20 partner Sustainable Harvest International (SHI). In agroforestry, trees are a crucial part of the farming system. Agroecological practices can be the foundation of sustainable development in rural Central America.

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Share Food Program

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Nice Roots Farm at Share Food Program is in the thick of the growing—and learning!—season. Since spring 2023, 15 different groups of K-8 students from nearby schools have taken field trips to the farm in Allegheny West where they learn about urban growing, nutrition, and wellness, all through a food justice lens. What is Food Justice?

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Food Tank

APRIL 2, 2024

Food Well Alliance Food Well Alliance brings together leaders of the local food movement to support more than 300 community gardens, urban farms, and orchards in metro Atlanta. And in their Farm to School initiatives, they engage children with local, healthy food in cafeterias and classrooms.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Given their labor-intensive harvest and processing requirements, however, wild nuts largely fell out of favor as the country’s food system became more industrialized and commercial U.S. nut production became concentrated in California. There have been successes on each front.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

However, the publication also presents planned solutions to reduce emissions and transform toward increasingly robust farming systems. Despite the challenges ahead, substantial reason for optimism lies both in suggested routes to emissions reductions and adaptation of farming systems.

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Share Food Program

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Sankofa Community Farm Sankofa Community Farm is a spiritually-rooted, intergenerational farm uplifting people and cultures of the African diaspora. Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden Find Sankofa Community Farm’s chemical-free produce June through November at the Bartram’s Village and Clark Park farmers markets.

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The Equation

APRIL 18, 2023

Food that is grown with agroecological practices by small and midsize farmers, harvested by farmworkers who are paid fairly and have labor protections, and distributed locally or regionally to all communities is key to healthy lives and a healthy planet. Establishing a new market is challenging—it takes time, energy, and funding. .”

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 19, 2023

By Luz Ballesteros Gonzalez, NCAT Agriculture Specialist The Hub of Prosperity is an urban 5-acre farm managed by sustainable agriculture students like me at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Texas. A key point that is discussed in our tours of the farm and with community garden members is why we use drip irrigation.

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Sustainable Harvest International

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

2023 was an exciting 26th year for Sustainable Harvest International (SHI). We expanded to new communities, growing our current partnering farming families to in Central America. Whether you give a little, give a lot, or give monthly , your gifts bring us one step closer to achieving our goal of one million farms transformed by 2030.

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Sustainable Food Trust

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Adele shares her reflections on this year’s conference, considering what needs to happen once the ‘strange bubble’ of COP has popped and easy words must be followed with committed action on food and farming. It was a very busy, productive and actually pretty hopeful week in Dubai for the world of food and farming.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

more food secure and our farming practices more environmentally friendly , we expect to see both an increase in and a deepening of these conversations. Regenerative Agriculture and Nature-Based Solutions Coffee crops grow alongside other plants in what is known as an Agroforestry approach to farming. Image sourced from Urban Ag News.

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Sustainable Harvest International

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Dave Cushing currently serves on Sustainable Harvest International’s Board of Directors where he has led efforts to expand SHI’s impact as the co-chair of the Scale Task Force since 2018. Our ambitious goal is to make SHI’s proven methods available to one million small-scale farm families.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 27, 2025

Decolonizing African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology and the Need for Radical Transformation by William G. Moseley sets out to answer why so many approaches to farming and food policy in sub-Saharan Africa have failed. Moseley In Decolonizing African Agriculture , William G.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

SCN works with nonprofits and schools in the region to integrate farming and food production into their work and advocates for local policy that supports school gardens, urban farms, and community gardens and helps get fresh produce to food insecure residents. Are you still actively involved in farming?

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Daily Yonder

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The more he and his neighbors farmed, the less they grew. They eventually had no option but to stop farming and let the land heal. His farming operation benefited too, with a diverse array of vegetables, fruits, and grains now flourishing in his fields. Abebe’s mantra, “nourish and heal,” is catching hold around the globe.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 19, 2024

In return, they are paid a yearly rental rate per acre of land enrolled in CRP programs. In 2023, he USDA Farm Service Agency made more than $1.77 Obviously, farming crops and rangelands are not compatible,” she says. Now, they absorb up to 16 inches of rain per hour,” says Jack Algiere, director of agroecology at Stone Barn.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

40 Acres & A Mule Project , United States 40 Acres & A Mule seeks to acquire Black-owned farmland to be used to celebrate and preserve the history, food, and stories of Black culture in food and farming. promoting environmentally sound farming practices, and keeping farmers on their land.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 1, 2023

These severe conditions have a tremendous impact on our food system, affecting everything from crop yields to working conditions on farms. Farms Adapt to Climate Change Sorghum—popular among young, BIPOC, and under-resourced farmers—has extra long roots that allow it to withstand drought and sequester greenhouse gasses.

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Sustainable Harvest International

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In 2022, Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) celebrated 25 years of farming for a just and sustainable future by honoring the people and organizations who’ve made SHI’s work possible. 25th Anniversary In 25 years, 8,000 supporters joined more than 3,200 farming families to form an ecosystem of advocates for a healthier planet.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 27, 2023

Burger, who owns Bethel Springs Farm on 3 acres in Rickreall, Oregon with her husband, grows copious amounts of Rockwell beans, along with a host of other vegetables most likely to make an appearance in a winter soup. She was dry farming a portion of her fields, meaning they were unirrigated.)

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Through captivating case studies, Thurow’s hopeful book showcases farmers who have boldly gone against the grain of modern agriculture orthodoxy and are instead embracing regenerative practices—like agroecology and permaculture—that restore soil health, enhance biodiversity, and promote resilience against climate change.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JULY 16, 2024

Board members also visited the North Carolina Agriculture and Technology (A&T) University Center for Post Harvest Technologies and the North Carolina Food Innovation Lab. Yet 97% of young farmers identified using sustainable practices on their farm or ranch, and 86% of respondents use regenerative practice. “We

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Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

To ring in the first day of summer, we at Civil Eats want to offer you a list of food and farming books we think are worth your time and attention. Brazil’s national requirement that 30 percent of school food ingredients be sourced from local and regional family farms helps empower and fund women agroecological producers.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

Mexico’s challenge has also bolstered its standing as hemispheric leader of an agroecology movement gaining momentum across the global south. “If But the US government’s insistence that GM crops are safe because they have been planted and consumed by US farm animals 25 years does not hold up.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 12, 2025

Its multifaceted, community-led food justice program includes hot meal dropoffs, backyard garden startups, and a new farm, just a few blocks from the arch, where fresh produce can be picked up for free. The project has served more than 50,000 meals so far, using produce donated by and purchased from local urban farms.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 19, 2025

Jagoz, owner of Moon Valley Farm, grows organic vegetables on 70 acres near Frederick, Maryland, while also acting as an aggregator of produce from about 50 other small farms in the region. By November, the bulk of the Mid-Atlantic harvest had been sold. It was terrible timing. Students at a Washington, D.C.

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