Through the Resilient Agrifood Systems Project, EARTH Futures empowers women farmers by offering training and creating community support networks. It has helped them improved their agricultural practices, strengthen their financial skills, and find new opportunities for collaboration…
Esau Higenyi (Class of 2026, Uganda) a Mastercard Foundation Scholar at EARTH University, tackles issues like poverty, education, and early marriages in his region. Passionate about improving his community, Esau has led initiatives to empower young people and is now working on a project to enhance rice production and turn rice husks into biochar. His goal is to add value to local products to transform agriculture in Africa…
Leidy Tatiana Pérez Ramírez (Class of 2027, Colombia) discovered her passion for agriculture while helping her father work in the field. Now, she studies at EARTH University with the dream of applying her knowledge to promote sustainability in her community and improve living conditions in her region…
Allan Acosta (Class of 1999, Guatemala) has been a great support for Desirée Chang (Class of 2025, Guatemala) by providing her with a partial scholarship to study at EARTH. Their personal stories converge in their love for agriculture and their desire to create a chain of support and solidarity that can transcend generations…
Jessenia Mármol (Class of 2024, Ecuador) arrived at EARTH University driven by the strength of her indigenous roots, the determination of her community, and a call to help more people access nutritious food. With her project, Allpamanta, Jessenia stands out as a committed leader who promotes agriculture as a tool for building a better future…
On Wednesday, May 25, we inaugurated with the conference “Inspiring women”, a series of events focused on mobilizing others through the stories of different women. These events are made possible by the Dr. Beatrice E. Lewis Women’s Fund, established by her family to honor her legacy and her life, dedicated to inspiring others, primarily women.
EARTH Futures has joined the National Plan for Sustainable and Healthy Costa Rican Gastronomy and the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement to find solutions to the daily challenges facing farmers in Costa Rica and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger.
On March 31 of this year, we inaugurated the new cocoa processing laboratory and opened a new stage in the transformation and growth of a project that has inspired hundreds of students, faculty, staff, and visitors.
Lajanda Blake (’25, Jamaica) can turn words into poetry and has strong hands to plant and grow much of the food she and her family eat in their Jamaican village. Lajanda chose to study at EARTH to learn about the world of agriculture, community development, and sustainability.
How to create a nutritious, innovative, and delicious product incorporating hearts of palm fiber as a raw material? That was the question on the minds of Alicia Vega (Class of 2021, Costa Rica) and her classmates who joined the Griffith Challenge, a contest promoted by Griffith Foods in conjunction with EARTH University’s Development Unit, as part of the Food Processing course.
At the age of nine, Adam Vorster (‘15, South Africa) became aware of the importance of agriculture for humanity’s food security. Back then, his family was not going through a stable economic situation. As a result, with his parents and sister, they began growing food for self-consumption. Adam had the ultimate epiphany from then on: agronomy would always be an essential part of his life.
Heilyn Calvo Vargas (Class of 2022, Costa Rica) decided she wanted to dedicate herself to science at a young age. Now, only 22 years old, she has achieved impressive results through extensive research that has positively impacted her community, Costa Rica, and EARTH. Her dreams are big, and her desire to fulfill them is even greater. To celebrate Women and Girls in Science Month, we share her story.
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