GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Seed Magazine

Traditionally, women who do the bulk of the farming in Africa have had to haul water from long distances to tend their crops. An experimental partnership between an academic research group and and the Solar Electric Light Fund has introduced villagers to the transforming ability of solar powered drip irrigation in Benin’s remote sub-Saharan Kalalé district. To read the article, click here.

Featuring Solar Electric Light Fund a grantee of the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: New York Times

Three Massachusetts health centers are participating in a pilot program with local farmers’ markets to alleviate obesity in children and low-income families by increasing their consumption of fruits and vegetables. Doctors in participating health centers will give coupons of $1 a day for each member of a family of four in 50 families and will track their progress. To read the article click here.

Featuring the Codman Square Health Center, a grantee of Clipper Ship Foundation, Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust, Anna B. Stearns Foundation, Lalor Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: The Boston Globe

The number of farms in Massachusetts is on the rise, even as the average acreage of these farms is decreasing. To read the article, click here.

Featuring the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, a grantee of the Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust and the Theodore Edson Parker Foundation.