Global Cultivation Program

10/16/2013

It's World Food Day! It's a good day to read Mark Bittman's article on how to feed the world: "If we want to ensure that poor people eat and also do a better job than 'modern' farming does at preserving the earth’s health and productivity, we must stop assuming that the industrial model of food production and its accompanying disease-producing diet is both inevitable and desirable."

We agree! http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/opinion/how-to-feed-the-world.html?_r=0

08/19/2013

Or is it just good economics?

08/05/2013

Across the Caribbean, food imports have become a budget-busting problem, prompting one of the world’s most fertile regions to reclaim its agricultural past.

06/12/2013

Check out these awesome photos of grandmothers and their food from around the world! http://www.demilked.com/delicatessen-with-love-gabriele-galimberti/

Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti realized that trying to not overeat over at your grandma's place has got to be a universal thing, and set out to explore what grandmothers cook around the world. His Delicatessen With Love photo series portray grandmothers from 58 different countries, ...

05/29/2013

"We desperately need to increase opportunities for the poor to pull themselves out of poverty and into a life with the security that they can meet basic needs for themselves, their children and their parents every day." - girltanker Sasha Fisher of Spark MicroGrants

Help Sasha provide micro grants to local social innovators in Rwanda and Uganda so they can build a new Africa. Pledge $20 today! http://bit.ly/13bMbP0

05/20/2013

Congratulations to all of our Global Cultivation Alumni graduating this month! Any of you have plans to return to Africa or South America?

05/07/2013

Happy Tuesday from your friends at the Global Cultivation Program!

04/30/2013

We can't stress enough how marketable your study abroad experience will make you in the job market!
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This post is sponsored by StudentUniverse as part of our State of Study Abroad series. The harsh reality is the...

04/22/2013

We will be announcing our January service-learning trip in few weeks!!!!

04/22/2013

Happy Earth Day from the Global Cultivation Program!

04/09/2013

Monsanto one of the “principal enemies of peasant sust. agriculture and food sov. for all peoples.” -Via Campesina

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15601-farmers-and-consumers-vs-monsanto-david-meets-goliath

Thousands of farmers across the nation fight against Monsanto's GM crops and corporate mentality.

03/18/2013

Only 11 days left to apply for awesome summer service trip to Rwanda with Spark Microgrants this May! The trip will be focused on sustainable agriculture and community development projects! Check out the trip and apply soon! http://www.globalcultivationprogram.com/rwanda-2/