News for Community Partners
“Welcome home!”: FLOW in Kenya
From May 25 to 29, 2026, FLOW partners met at Rongo University in Migori County, Kenya, to participate in a very generative series of meetings, presentations, and workshops focused on the theme of agroecology. [...]
Diversification and Resilience in Mexico
Diversification to strengthen the resilience of agroecological farming FLOW–CIIDRI-UACh Alliance Farmers in northern Veracruz are strengthening diversified agroecological systems, boosting productivity while working towards an Agroecological Seal, an indicator of agroecology standards. These initiatives [...]
The Yellow Dragon
This poem was written by Sarah Barnett, Erin Cunningham, Monia Nahili, and Anisa Synowicki—University of Guelph students from FLOW team member Erin Nelson's Development Practice class. It was created to share the positive impacts [...]
UNESCO Youth for Peace
UNESCO Youth for Peace Programme – Applications Open! Applications for the second edition of the Youth for Peace: UNESCO Intercultural Leadership Programme are open until 19 July 2026 at 23:59 CEST (Paris time). [...]
Rural Youth in Brazil
Rural Youth on the Move: CEDErva and Itaipu sign agreement to implement a project in central-south Paraná for socio-environmental cooperation The Center for the Development and Education of Traditional Erva-Mate Systems (CEDErva), in partnership [...]
Ecological Farming in Sri Lanka
(adapted from the Sri Lanka Dept. of Agriculture Facebook page) Possibility of Advancing Ecological Farming in Sri Lanka! A highly productive discussion was held on June 15, 2026 at the Department of Agriculture in Peradeniya, [...]
Podcast: Voicing Change—Erva-Mate
The Brazil FLOW team has launched their final Voicing Change podcast episode about women erva-mate producers, including their challenges and resilient responses. Listen to "Voices of Erva-Mate: Episode 6 — Women of Erva-Mate: Work, [...]
Granja Kokopelli
In Veracruz State, Mexico, the regional team works with a number of different community partners, including the citrus production network, CIIDRI, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rural Development, and Granja Kokopelli. The text [...]
“Building Capacities” research article
"Building Capacities in Regional Food Systems: Mapping change towards transformation," published in Agriculture and Human Values (April 2026), provides an overview of the FLOW Partnership and the concepts and methods underlying the research. See [...]
Food Sovereignty series
Food Sovereignty Across Scales: Global Movements, Local Action is a collaborative series hosted by the Food Action Network of Northwestern Ontario, the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario, the National Farmers Union of Ontario, Gaagige [...]
Seed Saving in Sri Lanka
The Rajanganaya Indigenous Seed Protectors' Primary Agri-product Marketing Society is a prominent agroecology network in the Anuradhapura District of the North Central Province of Sri Lanka. For many years, this network has led the [...]
Veracruz agroecology infographics
The Northern Veracruz region, on the east coast of Mexico, is an important citrus-growing region, accounting for approximately 50% of the country's production of oranges. While farming has often involved the use of glyphosate [...]