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Addressing the Greatest Barrier to Farmer Success: Water Trees for the Future is exploring new solutions to persistent global water woes Silver Spring, MD (March 20, 2020) – Water, particularly in the developing world, is widely considered one of the greatest barriers to farmer success. International development nonprofit and leader in regenerative agroforestry Trees for … Continued
8 Women Making Strides in African Agriculture and Why it Matters As with many male-dominant industries, it has been historically difficult for women to excel in agriculture. Around the globe, women in farming face obstacles ranging from limited land ownership, training, and resources, to blatant discrimination and exclusion. These barriers are perhaps most felt and … Continued
Are Forest Gardens a Match for Desert Locusts? Forest Garden farmers in East Africa are anxiously awaiting the growing desert locust swarms plaguing the Horn of Africa for the last two months. The desert locust threat has been mounting since January with the most concerning numbers in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia. Swarms have also arrived … Continued
Written by Lindsay Cobb & Ashleigh Burgess – February 21, 2020 Senegalese Farmer Succeeds with Regenerative Ag, Begins Teaching Others Souylemane Samb sits under a crowded tent on a hot Senegalese day. He wears a canvas vest with Trees for the Future printed across the back. Despite his dark sunglasses, his expression is easy to … Continued
Written by Charity Nalwoga – February 18, 2020 Ugandan Farmer Ends Food Scarcity for Her Family and Community In Aboke, Uganda, a modest restaurant serves locals breakfast, lunch and dinner. Carol Agoa isn’t just the owner and cook, she also supplies all of the food for her restaurant. Down the road from town, Carol’s farm … Continued
Companion Planting 101 So you want to start companion planting? You’ve come to the right place! At Trees for the Future, we’ve studied farming for more than three decades and we know that companion planting is a great, natural way to improve your farming practices. What is Companion Planting? Planting two or more mutually … Continued
Senegalese Farming Group Embraces Solution to Hunger, Poverty, Deforestation 86 farmers successfully complete regenerative ag program with Trees for the Future Kaffrine, Senegal (January 28, 2020) – 86 smallholder farmers are celebrating their completion of a four-year Forest Garden program designed to end food and financial insecurity while eliminating farmer-caused deforestation. Nonprofit Trees for the Future … Continued
Prolonged drought has caused massive crop failure in Southern Africa and now a record 45 million people are facing hunger. “This year’s drought is unprecedented, causing food shortages on a scale we have never seen here before,” said Dr. Michael Charles, Head of the International Federation of the Red Cross’ Southern Africa cluster in a … Continued
Trees for the Future Becomes One of the First Climate-Focused Nonprofits to Accept Cryptocurrency Donations Crypto Holders Can now Donate to end Hunger, Poverty, and Deforestation Silver Spring, MD (January 13, 2020) – The nonprofit community is innovating ways to give by opening pathways for cryptocurrency holders to donate. Regenerative Agroforestry nonprofit Trees for the … Continued
“Unprecedented.” “Hell on Earth.” “Catastrophic.” In Australia, these terms are being used to describe 17.9 million acres of burned land so far. While fires of this magnitude are certainly unprecedented, they’re far from unexpected. Climatologists have warned that the changing climate will have vast implications for our planet’s weather patterns and natural disasters. But these warnings … Continued