Group Category: Food

Hand, Heart and Soul Project is a food-centered nonprofit in Georgia that works to increase access to nutrient-dense foods and offer educational and…

The Edible Schoolyard Project (ESYP) uses school gardens, kitchens, and cafeterias to teach students about food, nature and community. Their project-based curriculum offers…

Futuro Para Africa is an organization in Mozambique with a mission to invest in human capital, return governance policies to poor communities, and…

Created in 2012, the Ibo Coffee Growers Association is a project of the Quirimbas National Park, the World Wildlife Fund, and Slow Food International. Located in the Quirimbas archipelago, in northern Mozambique, the association comprises thirty members and has its headquarters on Ibo Island. Ibo coffee is a wild coffee with unique characteristics only found on Ibo Island. It has very little caffeine and an aroma of mint. The association’s main objective is to safeguard the local ecosystem and supply the local market.

Slow Food USA is part of the global Slow Food movement creating dramatic change in more than 160 countries. In the US, there are more than 150 local chapters and 6,000 members. Slow Food USA gathers likely and unlikely allies to transform the way people produce, consume, and enjoy food.

Bambini nel Deserto (BND) are people who share a genuine desire to support a better future for children and for their communities of belonging in the developing countries of Africa. Founded in 2000, the organization conducts projects and programs of intervention characterized by direct and concrete actions in the Sahara and Sahel countries. Bambini nel Deserto has carried out more than 450 projects in seven sectors: water, food and food autonomy, health, education and childhood, economic development, migrations, and the environment.

Founded in November 1999, PERMATIL (Permaculture Timor-Leste) has a vision of agriculture and animal management that protects and improves the land, provides produce and income for people, and is sustainable now and into the future. Since its start, PERMATIL has worked with farmers, community leaders and groups, universities, and national and international organizations to train and educate in the theory and practice of permaculture. In Timor-Leste, the ethics of permaculture have been adapted to three imperatives: care for the land, care for the people, and care for the future.

Established by Ethiopian dancer Melaku Belay, the Fendika Cultural Center offers classes, workshops, art exhibits, and cultural activities, beginning with displays of local painters and monthly poetry readings. Fendika also offers a small menu of Ethiopian cuisine. Future plans include a regular Ethiopian coffee ceremony as an introduction to one of the most important cultural products of the country and a recording studio where traditional music can be recorded and archival recordings preserved.

Pun Pun Organic Farm is a seed center and organic farm in Thailand. It collects rare and indigenous seeds from around the world, propagates them at the farm, and distributes them through its network of organic farmers and communities. It is a living seed bank, meaning that it not only collects seeds to keep but also grows and exchanges the seeds continually to propagate the species coming back to use. The farm also packages and distributes organic heirloom seeds to the local area.

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm, and trade systems.