Terra Madre Burkina Faso: Voices From the First Terra Madre in West Africa

25 June 2017

The name Burkina Faso translates as “land of honest people,” and this beautiful, fascinating country on the western Africa is home to over 60 ethnic groups—and as many languages—who have inherited an enormous cultural and environmental wealth which translates...

International Day For Biological Diversity: Endangered Foods

22 May 2017

During the Irish potato famine of the 1840s, socio-political challenges and a disease known as potato blight obliterated the dietary staple for one-third of the population, resulting in the deaths of about 1 million people. Over a century later,...