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Claudia Lorena Cañas (Class of 2023, Colombia), Selvin Jirón (Class of 2023, Honduras), and Romina Ovelar (Class of 2024, Paraguay) stand out at EARTH University for their academic excellence and their energetic drive in fulfilling each project they propose. Moreover, they are recognized for their perseverance, a trait they each developed early in life.

With the financial support of the GEDI initiative and other partners, EARTH Futures is implementing a new project in Guatemala to create opportunities for coffee, mushroom, and honey farmers and hence, mitigate irregular migration from vulnerable communities.

The IFAMA 2022 Conference took place in Costa Rica from June 18 to 22. Hundreds of people from all over the world gathered to exchange ideas and discuss issues related to sustainability in agribusiness. EARTH University had the honor of hosting the 32nd edition of this prestigious event together with INCAE Business School.

Kuruthumu Hemed Saidi (Class of 26, Tanzania) recently traveled to Costa Rica to join the Spanish and Intercultural Induction Program. For her, the opportunity to study at EARTH means finding a new home, a second family, and the drive to achieve her dreams and improve the quality of life in her country.

EARTH opened its doors for the first time in 1990 to 51 new students from seven countries. Full of dreams and goals, they began their advancement at our University and left a legacy that today’s students continue with pride and conviction…

Yohannes Bimrew Simegn (Class of 2025, Ethiopia), a Mastercard Foundation scholarship recipient, is many things at once: an inventor, a dreamer, and a determined and curious person constantly seeking to innovate and improve the world. He grew up in Gojam, a rural community in Ethiopia with minimal modern technology, where agriculture is the primary source of income…

A 2007 donation from USAID’s American Hospitals and Schools Abroad (ASHA) program created EARTH’s dairy plant. It is a place that encourages experiential learning and produces the best quality dairy products for the university’s internal consumption.

As executive director of EARTH Futures, Emily Fintel Kaiser works each and every day studying and upscaling solutions that improve agricultural sustainability and life quality in rural areas. In this eye-opening interview, she explains how EARTH Futures is magnifying the University’s impact.

Our Class of 2021 recently returned from 15-week professional internships around the world. Fourth-year students Zakeyu Tawonga (Malawi), Ana Marian González (Nicaragua), and Usman Mohammed (Nigeria) feel inspired to get to work in their home countries after transformative experiences in Malawi, Brazil, and the USA.