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July 2023 presentation about FBU, Global Food Initiative’s partner in Ecuador (English captions)

Llano Grande, Ecuador

This video is from the El Mesias congregation in Llano Grande, which is part of the greater Quito urban area. The GFI recently gave a second grant to support an expansion of the church’s community garden through the Fundacion Brethren y Unida (Brethren and United Foundation) in Ecuador. The grant was $8,000 and primarily will be used to build a cistern and install a sprinkler system for irrigation.

“La Chacra” (sometimes written “Chakra”) refers to the typical form of agriculture practiced by the Quichua indigenous peoples of the Andes.

Fundacion Brethren y Unida organized a “feria” or farmers’ market in the town of Picalqui. Local artisans, food vendors, and farmers were invited to sell their wares with FBU providing the publicity and securing the space for the market. A number of women and youth trained by FBU were able to sell their products directly to customers. GFI grants over the past three years have supported training in organic agricultural techniques as well as value-added food items.

Chef Kevin Belton caught up with local beekeeper, David Young, to see how he turned his home into something sweeter than produce.

Church of the Brethren and SIL collaborate on a Soybean Production Guide. Read the story here. Get the Soybean Production Guide here.

Read about an EYN soybean value chain learning trip to Ghana in this Soybean Innovation Lab newsletter.

Read an earlier article on this collaboration with the Soybean Innovation Lab (scroll down).

Find out about the 2016 visit to the Soybean Innovation Lab Soybean Management and Appropriate Research & Technology (SMART) farm in Ghana.

David Young of Capstone 118, GFI partner in New Orleans

Pastor Martin Hutchison of Community of Joy Church of the Brethren