The Haiti-based Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA) and its members were honored yesterday at a ceremony in the Rome headquarters of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This event was part of a week-long celebration marking FAO’s 80th   anniversary .   The SFA was selected following a search for “best practices and innovative approaches from around the world that advance global food security, sustainable development and agrifood systems transformation.” We were

Haiti is relentlessly portrayed in the media as a vortex of crises, as if the whole country was overrun by gangs with no safe corners...

The VF Foundation recently released their 2024 Impact Report , which included the following two pages highlighting the results of the...

Three new arrivals in Haiti offer a respite from the steady stream of media coverage about gang activity in and around the capital of...

In his recent New York Times guest essay, Sorry, but This is the Future of Food , journalist and author Michael Grunwald suggests that...

On the eve of Giving Tuesday, we asked members of the  Smallholder Farmers Alliance  in Haiti to let you know how donations to the SFA...

Good news from Haiti would seem to be a self-contradiction of late, but nonetheless we have some positive news to share about the ...

“We are brave! We are not afraid…”, said Benita Bien-Aimé, a member of the  Smallholder Farmers Alliance  (SFA) in Haiti, when asked by a...

"Women are the foundation for the economy in my community, and in the whole country” said Marimène Tijuste, a member of the Smallholder...

The recent deluge of headlines about Haiti has largely focused on gang activity in Port-au-Prince. I would like to suggest this coverage...

It is hard to imagine, based on current headlines, but for much of the 19th century Haiti was known for its agricultural innovation and...

With gangs in near total control of Port-au-Prince and the country in a state of emergency, I am reminded of my first encounter with a...

In commenting on the escape of thousands of prisoners following a gang attack on the National Penitentiary in Haiti last Saturday, I do...

It is hard for moral outrage to coalesce around any one crisis in Haiti when there are so many to choose from, but news of U.S. rice...

We would like to end the year with four stories from the Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA) in Haiti that offer hope and suggest...

According to Dr. Thomas Crowther, professor of ecology at the Swiss university ETH Zurich, we seem to being planting trees the right way...

A radically new approach to farming is taking the agricultural world by storm, but it is already under attack from greenwashing. This new...

SFA farmer member Adillia inspects her regenerative cotton plants as they flowered last week. She anticipates harvesting the field...

A young Haitian tree planter was chosen for the cover of The VF Foundation’s Third Annual Impact Report released last week. Included...

Click the image on the left for a conversation with the Smallholder Farmers Alliance about the economics of farmer-owned data in...