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Ten years ago, Candelaria Saloj joined the Oxlajuj E Association, an organization in Guatemala that produces amaranth. Since she began mentoring with EARTH Futures, she has overcome her shyness and has developed skills to improve sales and management. Now, as a Production and Commercialization Technician, she empowers Mayan women and expands the Association’s client network…

For student Patience Cyuzuzo (Class of 2025, Rwanda), agriculture and technology cannot be separated. For her, these two sciences must be connected to improve agricultural practices and food systems in her country and worldwide.

With the support of ASHA and USAID, we are working on two projects to improve the quality of life within the Guácimo Campus and to promote our environmental commitment. Read more about this generous funding…

Senene Farm is the project with which Anthony Ilalio Mbunju (Tanzania), Birtukan Feyisa Megersa (Ethiopia), and Charles Muiruri Munga (Kenya), Mastercard Foundation Scholars from the Class of 2024, won second place in the Wege Prize, a competition that encourages students to generate solutions for global challenges. Learn about their proposal…

Yahaya Alhassan (EARTH Class of 2020 & Fellow 2022, Ghana), has long known the challenges of farming in a region with an intense dry season. Yahaya grew up in Tamale city, the capital of the northern region of Ghana, where 60% of livestock is produced. In addition to teaching Arabic, his…

Walking around EARTH University’s Guácimo campus feels like visiting the United Nations. As you enter the cafeteria, you may hear people speaking Spanish at one table and Shona, Swahili, French, or Quechua at another. The EARTH community has learned to say thank you in many languages, and this cultural richness can be seen in…