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We're thrilled to share our latest blog post about an inspiring partnership between eastern Iowa and the Philippines, made possible through the YSEALI PFP | Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Professional Fellows Program! 🤝 Apols Garmay is the founder of her own social enterprise called Hidden Manna Farms. Hidden Manna Farms helps rural farmers with training, giving them digital tools and new farming ideas to be more competitive in the market. While in Iowa City, Apols was hosted by Jon and Donna Buswell, and her placement company was Field to Family, a nonprofit organization that increases access to and education around healthy local food. Read more on our blog: https://lnkd.in/gtdeTQTB #GlobalTiesIowa #CommunityEngagement #InternationalPartnerships #EasternIowa #Philippines #CulturalExchange

Launched of Roco Paco 2024 edition to be hosted by Restore Leadership High School in Amuru.Focuses on Acholi Strategic Frame Work, designed on 34 decorum and by laws on how to revise Educational sectors, Families, Environment, and shift in Agricultural Narrative and modern farming. The initiative was spearheaded by Uganda's Chief Justice Alfonse OwinyDollo founder and Co-chair and founder of Gurre me Pongdwongo Amb Dr.Olara Otunnu, focus on revising the education in the region and ambition is to raised 2.5 billion shillings as each Acholi would be required to contribute 1000/=for Derro Kwan whose interest is to provide quality educational opportunities to underprivileged children in the region.

Sowing Seeds of Legacy: Wise Stewardship Beyond Your Lifetime Discover how strategic planning and faithful stewardship can create lasting impact that blesses generations, extending your influence far beyond your immediate reach. Key Insights: - Embrace your role in sowing and planting while trusting God to bring growth and blessing - Develop emergency and estate plans that protect your family and continue supporting your community - Understand that wise stewardship is about preparing for uncertainties and ensuring generational impact

Are you taking a GO-NO-GO decision? The Linkage, Ability, and Interest (LAI) principle has been fundamental in donor acquisition. This is the first-order condition, and the result of this analysis helps us qualify a suspect as a prospect. However, what happens if there is NO linkage? I would say a big 'GO' for the Community Investment Fund if only an Interest match, even with varied abilities. Your mission alignment will influence the evaluation and enhance your possibility of being rewarded. I thank Federated Co-operatives Limited for this learning. It has given me the confidence to do more of the same, and I see my application success rate going up gradually. https://lnkd.in/gmgtcVg2 #fundraising #acquisition #prospect #donor #mission #community #investment

The future of the grains industry lies with creating opportunities for people to learn and be mentored by grains industry leaders and professionals.  GPA and Nufarm partner to create the Paddock to Parliament Grains Advocacy Scholarships.    One of the scholarship recipients Dr Jessica Hyles, who is a CSIRO scientist and grain producer, along with her partner, Jonathan, in the NSW Southern Tablelands, shares her experiences with GPA.    Read more - https://lnkd.in/gwMXMx5d  AgForce Queensland The Western Australian Farmers Federation NSW Farmers Grain Producers SA Victorian Farmers Federation TasFarmers

"Petersburgh, New York’s Braiding Seeds Fellowship addresses these disparities by offering an 18-month program for beginning BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) farmers in the northeastern and southeastern United States. Each of Braiding Seeds’s 10 annually selected fellows receives a $50,000 stipend and resources like one-to-one mentorship, individualized coaching, financial and business planning support, professional development and business acumen workshops, and group gatherings. Twelve runners-up each receive $2,500 in mini-grants." #foodjustice #foodsovereignty #healthjustice #foodasmedicine

" Toggle navigation Your harvest is on the way 14 APRIL 2024 ‘The seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.’ Mark 4:27 NKJV Have you sown a ‘seed’ of faith, and now you’re wondering when you will reap the ‘harvest’ God promised in His Word? If so, read on: ‘The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head. But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come’ (vv. 26-29 NKJV). Before you reap the harvest of blessing God promised, you go through certain stages. First there is the ‘not knowing’ stage. Your seed is buried in the ground. How and when your harvest comes is entirely up to God. But you must believe that it will happen. Next comes the ‘blade’ stage. It’s just a tiny blade blowing in the breeze, but it’s enough to encourage you and let you know your harvest is on the way. Next comes the ‘head’ stage. The seed has started to sprout and look like what you prayed for. This is when you must water it with prayer, fertilise it with God’s Word, and protect it from anything or anyone that would uproot it through doubt and unbelief. Finally you enter the ‘full grain’ stage, when the grain ripens and you immediately reap a harvest. Whatever stage you’re in today, stand fast and keep trusting God. Your harvest is on the way.

We're proud to share the results of the Georgia ACRE Collective’s Local Foods Incentive School Pilot Program! 🍎 This initiative, led by The Common Market Southeast, brought fresh, Georgia foods to more than 5,000 students in Marietta City Schools and Rockdale County Public Schools. 💵 $40,300 reinvested into Georgia’s economy. 👩🌾 Support for 24 local farms, including 11 Black- and women-owned. 🍴 Introduction of 12 new school food recipes featuring local ingredients. Next year, the program will expand to Atlanta Public Schools with plans to reinvest $100,000 into local agriculture. Read the full case study to learn how local food incentives are transforming school meals and supporting sustainable food systems. (Link below.) Georgia Organics | The Conservation Fund | Emory University School of Law | The Rockefeller Foundation | Alliance for a Healthier Generation | Emily Hennessee | Tegan Hagy, MPH | Dory Cooper, M.S. | Cindy Kanarek Culver | National Farm to School Network | Kimberly Della Donna | Asata Reid

The results are in! Check out the impact a Local Food Incentive Program for Schools could have on Georgia farms and students. https://lnkd.in/eKZ9SD8w By encouraging schools to utilize their buying power to purchase local products, students gain access to more healthy foods, school nutrition staff build skills for more scratch cooking and creativity, and farmers secure stable sales opportunities to grow their businesses.

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