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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 […]
From Maine to Thailand: The power of carbon markets to drive solutions
February 3, 2025
New case study series published by ACR at Winrock International digs into the stories of people and organizations taking climate action by tapping carbon markets. “When ACR was founded in 1996, before the December 1997 adoption of the Kyoto Protocol, we were the first private greenhouse gas registry in the world,” says Mary Grady, executive […]
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. […]
Intercontinental Exchange plans 2025 launch of environmental registry services to bring state-of-the-art infrastructure to carbon markets
January 28, 2025
This news release was originally published on ACRcarbon.org. ATLANTA — Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, and the world’s largest operator of environmental derivatives markets, today announced plans to launch an environmental registry technology service to bring best in class infrastructure to registries and registry users and support the […]
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 […]
Winrock International’s top stories of 2024
January 7, 2025
Check out some of the most clicked and shared announcements, stories and blogs from Winrock International in 2024 — an exciting year that included new Winrock President and CEO Maqsoda Maqsodi beginning her tenure; ACR’s announcement of the first issuance of carbon credits from plugging orphaned oil and gas wells in the U.S.; Winrock’s human […]
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 […]
Resilience in the face of adversity: Ella’s journey home
December 28, 2024
Note: Names have been changed to protect the privacy of the individuals involved. For years, Migrasia, supported by the USAID Asia Counter Trafficking in Persons project, has been a lifeline for countless Overseas Filipino Workers − a term often used to refer to Filipino migrant workers, or people with Filipino citizenship who reside temporarily in another […]