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Securing Sustainable Raw Materials for U.S. Companies: a #thaiRAIN Success Story
Scaling Regenerative Practices for Thai Cassava Thailand is the world’s third-largest producer of cassava, thanks to favorable weather and a well-established industrial processing sector. As a result, Thailand is the world’s largest exporter of modified starch, a key ingredient in global food production. One international buyer of Thai starch is Illinois-based Griffith Foods Co. Ltd., […]
Chi River Basin Says No Burn: a #thaiRAIN Success Story
Piloting behavioral changes at Chi River Basin For nearly half a year, Thailand experiences dangerous air pollution caused by high particulate matter (PM 2.5) levels that exceed safety standards. This smog is largely due to open burning within the country and neighboring areas, which peaks from November to May. A study by Action on Smoking […]
2024 Arkansas Food Systems Fellowship: Strengthening networks and leadership for local food systems change
January 31, 2025
The Wallace Center launched the inaugural Arkansas Food Systems Fellowship in 2024. The fellowship is hosted through the Wallace Center’s Food Systems Leadership Network, which connects and accelerates sustainable food systems leaders across the U.S. Its design resulted from a multi-year participatory process to identify strategies to strengthen the food systems change ecosystem in Arkansas. […]
Winrock International and the Walton Family Foundation support for science-tech startups in the U.S.
January 9, 2025
When you drive on the U.S. interstate, you’ll likely spot signs on the semi-trucks promoting hire-on bonuses and career opportunities available as a truck driver. It’s no secret: the trucking industry is known for high employee turnover rates due to long hours and extended time away from family. However, with support from a Winrock-led science […]
Riva Brown is Winrock International’s 2024 Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer of the Year
January 3, 2025
Riva Brown, a university professor and volunteer who conducted a highly successful assignment with a women-owned enterprise in Senegal, has been named Winrock International’s 2024 Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer of the Year. Brown is an associate professor of public relations at the University of Central Arkansas and a global learning specialist with UCA’s Center for Global Learning […]
Celebrating the legacy of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, friend of Winrock International
December 30, 2024
Winrock International maintained close and warm ties over many decades to former President Jimmy Carter. In addition to serving as the 39th president, Carter spent years working as a peanut farmer and businessman in a small town in Georgia. A former state governor and Nobel Prize winner, Carter would become a cherished friend and colleague […]
#thaiRAIN helps Southeast Asian farmers say no to burning
December 23, 2024
Between the end of the year and the first quarter of each year, Thailand and neighboring countries rise to the top of the world’s rankings for the poorest air quality, with high levels of PM2.5 haze. PM2.5 stands for particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or smaller; so small, they’re 30 times finer […]
Growing the No-Burn Network: a #thaiRAIN Success Story
December 20, 2024
No-Burn Conference Expanded #thaiRAIN’s Network USDA #thaiRAIN significantly expanded its network of leaders and organizations seeking to reduce PM2.5 emissions from open-field biomass burning. The event made #thaiRAIN a partner of The Friends of Thai Agriculture (FTA), a coalition of international diplomats working in Thailand’s farming sector. In addition to #thaiRAIN, the FTA includes the […]
Forging global partnerships: A conversation with Winrock’s Nodira Saidkarimova
December 16, 2024
Nodira Saidkarimova, chief of party of the Safe Migration in Central Asia project, spent six weeks in Washington, D.C., as a part of the Rumsfeld Foundation and Central Asia-Caucasus Institute CAMCA Fellowship program. We asked her about her experiences raising awareness of USAID-funded counter-trafficking and safe migration work in Central Asia, expanding SMICA’s network of […]
Wallace Center issues first-of-its-kind report on emerging field of Farm to Food Assistance in U.S.
December 9, 2024
This content was originally published on the Wallace Center’s website, Wallacecenter.org Over the past several years, there has been a tremendous increase of programs across the U.S. that aim to strengthen small farm viability and food security by connecting local farms to food assistance distribution partners such as food banks, food pantries, and other grassroots […]