Partners Ag & Food

#Agriculture & #FoodSecurity programs at @PartnersAmerica. We connect US agriculturalists w/ farmers in #LatAm🌎

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

@PostharvestOrg colleague, Mauricio Rodriguez is working with our @PartnersAmerica @farmertofarmer Guyana team, sharing postharvest expertise with local #FarmerCoopertives and #AgBusinesses! >>>> Interested in becoming a volunteer? Click here: https://t.co/z5fPqTAV0d

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

.@PartnersAmerica @MichaelMoscarelli joined the #BBCForum2018 to share how @PartnersAgFood is leading #resilience to #empowerment in communities on #IVD2018 with @USAID @farmertofarmer, hosted by @ServiceYear

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

Throughout the past 5 years, @PartnersAmerica's @farmertofarmer and #EducaFuturo programs have combined efforts to address the critical issues of #foodsecurity and #childlabor in #Panama and #Ecuador. Below is a summary of this partnership: https://t.co/2ZQubQo9Hp @carmenssalsa

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

#Volunteers are vital to the mission + success of @farmertofarmer. In the last 5 yrs we've had many great volunteers. Today, we'd like to highlight 1 of them: @ACESedu agent Robert Spencer & his work with 🐇farmers and 🐐milk producers in Haiti & Guatemala https://t.co/DOZFManj49

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

Throughout the last 5 years, @PartnersAmerica's @farmertofarmer program has worked with @Fabretto to improve the lives of women and youth in rural #Nicaragua. Below is a summary of this successful partnership: https://t.co/q7OGcH2CWB

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

Over the last 5 yrs of @farmertofarmer, we've had many amazing #volunteers. Today, we're highlighting a particular @uhmanoa volunteer team whose work with @info_banelino beekeepers in the #DominicanRepublic led to a significant finding. Read more here: https://t.co/c8DlWyslRc

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

Since 2014, a total of 13 @farmertofarmer volunteers have supported the efforts of organic coffee association, @FECCEG, in #Guatemala. Below is a highlight of this partnership: https://t.co/wwvqV6uIls

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

Clare Licher, of Phibee Aromatics, has helped farmers in the Caribbean increase their incomes through #essentialoils production. Recently in Haiti, she worked with @Prosperity_Cat beekeepers in identifying high-yielding plants for distillation. Read more 👉https://t.co/nc5vB0aR9e

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

#Wisconsin resident, Kath Lestina recently traveled to Cali, Colombia 🇨🇴to help natural cosmetics company , @zuebeauty, strengthen their #PublicRelations strategy. Click 👇to read more about her @farmertofarmer assignment:
https://t.co/ncGprMAWzS

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

@okstate Food Specialist & Professor, Dr. Barbara Brown recently taught #EducaFuturo #uvilla + #strawberry growers in Ecuador how to produce jams and preserves to add value to their fruit. Read more about her @farmertofarmer experience here: https://t.co/WfWReAYgEl

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

@RutgersU Professor, Robin Brumfield, recently had the opportunity to volunteer with #Nicaraguan @farmertofarmer host @Fabretto and assist a few of their women- and youth-led cooperatives. Read what she had to say about her experience here: https://t.co/59nclLtnKb

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

"I felt very honored to volunteer for the USAID @farmertofarmer program in Nebaj, Guatemala [...] at the end, I was the one that learned more from this academic and personal experience." Read more on @UPR_Oficial Prof, Dr. Rodriguez's, experience here: https://t.co/9Z5dnVBOwX

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

👩‍🌾👨‍🌾"#Farmers are practical people wherever you find them in the world." That's what retired @USDA_NRCS engineer, John Tiedeman, had to say following his @farmertofarmer assignment in the #DominicanRepublic 🇩🇴 Read more about his trip👉 https://t.co/rqA2VCKzsL

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

We need to halt deforestation - we cannot achieve the #GlobalGoals without forests! 🌲🌳🌴 https://t.co/7rpct51eVa
#BetterWithForests @unredd

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

@AlexaRuiizz recently participated in her 1st @farmertofarmer assignment in #Nicaragua. Her experience training @inde1963 staff in public relations and communications proved to be mutually beneficial. Click 👇to read about how her 2-week trip went. https://t.co/kPWGJNkYc8

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

Soil+water conservation are essential in building resilience to #climatechange. With this in mind, @IllinoisCropSci Research Technician, @liz_miernicki visited the DR to train local farmers in climate-smart soil & water management practices. 📖more here: https://t.co/GKfWWmJDMU

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

Marketing professional, Rebecca Roebber traveled to Colombia in March to work with natural cosmetics company & F2F host, #ZenNaturals. Through storytelling they were able to design a marketing strategy for new product line #Livu 🌿 Read more 👉 https://t.co/JnxwFvdhh2

[FAO Knowledge @FAOKnowledge]

Healthy #soils:

🌽 Sustain food production
💧Filter our water
🌩️Help us to combat climate change.

Soils are our secret allies for a #ZeroHunger world.

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

Business expert, Russell Webster, traveled to Guatemala on his first F2F assignment to assist the rising small enterprise, Yogi Superfoods, in developing a strong business plan. Read about his personal experience below: https://t.co/p6CmAmAA90

[Partners Ag & Food @PartnersAgFood]

Strategic planning specialist, Michael Viola, recently visited the #DominicanRepublic on his 1st @farmertofarmer assignment to train @PlanYaque staff on effective planning and M&E to support their efforts in protecting the Yaque del Norte Watershed. Read 👇https://t.co/dxv1nAcBMv