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07/10/2026

Farmersโ€™ markets can be much more than a place to buy food.

They can create better market access for farmers, strengthen local economies and keep more value within our food systems. ๐ŸŒฑ

Our Head of Programs, Paul, is in Nairobi ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช for the Farmers Market Coalition Assembly, joining conversations on what it will take to make farmersโ€™ markets stronger across the continent.

And importantly: turning those conversations into position papers and concrete recommendations for action.

Sharing what weโ€™re learning in Ghana. Bringing new thinking back home. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ

Today was an important day as we visited Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Ghana office for the pres...
05/10/2026

Today was an important day as we visited Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Ghana office for the press conference of WORLD FOOD DAY 2026.

Every partner from Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research to Food for All Africa to hospitalityallianceofghana and Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations stated their intentions as it becomes clear that a lot of our work starts with childrenโ€™s plates. Introducing more local crops, supporting farmers with supplying the demand and connecting chef with the research so they cook what is not only healthy AND tasty AND nutritious. ๐ŸŒฟ

Innovate today, nourish tomorrow.

You are invited to join us at at ๐Ÿ“University of Ghana 16th of October

๐Ÿฝ๏ธ Calling all chefs, cooks & food creatives! ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญCan you create a dish that is good for people, good for the planet, root...
03/10/2026

๐Ÿฝ๏ธ Calling all chefs, cooks & food creatives! ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ

Can you create a dish that is good for people, good for the planet, rooted in Ghana, and able to feed a community?

Weโ€™re inviting you to apply for the World Food Day 2026 Cooking Competition! ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ”ฅ

๐Ÿ“‹ comment COOK to receive the application link

Deadline: 5 October 2026

Please share with anyone who might be interested! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿพ

๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™›๏ฝกBecause knowing that a crop is nutritious is one thing.Knowin...
02/10/2026

๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™›๏ฝก

Because knowing that a crop is nutritious is one thing.
Knowing how to turn it into something people crave?โ€จDifferent skill entirely.

๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿณ Chefs sit at a very interesting point in the food system. They translate.

Science โ†’ flavour.โ€จCrops โ†’ meals.โ€จTradition โ†’ new possibilities.

That became very real at When Science Meets the Kitchen, from conversations around school feeding to plates of ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™๐™ช๐™ข ๐™’๐™–๐™–๐™ ๐™ฎ๐™š and ๐™†๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ ๐™š๏ฝก

The question isnโ€™t only:

โ€œ๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ?โ€

Itโ€™s also:

๐Ÿ“Œ โ€œ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™™๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ž๐™˜๐™š?โ€

๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿณ๐Ÿง•๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿณ๐Ÿ‘ต๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿณ
Thatโ€™s where chefs can shift more than menus.
They can shift demand.
And once demand moves, food systems can move with it. ๐ŸŒฑ

Big love to Chefs' Manifesto, A Better Life by SOS SAHEL, everyone who joined the conversation, and our GFM chef team for putting the thinking onto the plate.

๐˜ผ ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก ๐™ข๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก ๐™ข๐™š๐™–๐™ก๏ฝกBehind one plate is a whole chain:๐ŸŒพ a farmer growing the cropโ€จ๐Ÿšš someone gettin...
02/10/2026

๐˜ผ ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก ๐™ข๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก ๐™ข๐™š๐™–๐™ก๏ฝก

Behind one plate is a whole chain:

๐ŸŒพ a farmer growing the cropโ€จ๐Ÿšš someone getting it to the kitchenโ€จ๐Ÿ’ธ a procurement system deciding what gets boughtโ€จ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿณ a cook turning it into something children want to eatโ€จ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ and a child who ultimately decides whether any of it worked.

At When Science Meets the Kitchen, the conversation moved from nutrients to systems.
How do we get more locally grown and underused crops into school meals?โ€จHow do smallholder farmers become regular suppliers?โ€จHow do we build systems that businesses can actually invest in?

Through our ๐™‚๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™‹๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š work, weโ€™re already testing what that can look like, piloting sorghum and indigenous-crop recipes in Accra schools.

๐Ÿ“Œ Because school feeding can do more than fill stomachs.

๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™™๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๏ฝก ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™–๐™ง๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๏ฝก ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™›๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™ž๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ๏ฝก ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™›๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๏ฝก

Thatโ€™s a lot of power for one lunch tray.

WE HAVE A SHOP โ€” thatโ€™s stocked with products MADE IN GHANA ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญHere are a few selected things. โ™ป๏ธ Change that Cou...
05/06/2026

WE HAVE A SHOP โ€” thatโ€™s stocked with products MADE IN GHANA ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ

Here are a few selected things.

โ™ป๏ธ Change that Couscous for Fonio
โ™ป๏ธ Change that Olive Oil for Avocado Oil
โ™ป๏ธ Change that Lotion or Butter for Shea Butter
โ™ป๏ธ Chabge that plastic doll with a doll that represents us

Come by or send us a DM. You want to sell with us? Become our member. Letโ€™s talk! ๐Ÿซฑ๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿซฒ๐Ÿพ

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