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Investing in Earth with organic agriculture, locally
May 25, 2023
Meredith Martin-Moats, a local food advocate and farmer from Yell County, Arkansas, who raises mealworms and flowers, hopped in her car in Harkey Valley and drove 20 minutes south to the Yell County Extension Office for a workshop on organic agriculture and markets. She’d heard about the Winrock International event on Facebook and hoped to […]
Connections change lives: How Winrock International, International Medical Corps and Concordia are rebuilding the Heartland after April’s devastating storms
May 4, 2023
The sounds are what stick in Linsley’s mind the most. At first, it was the howling wind and the crash and shatter of buildings falling apart, trees falling, and rain and rock pelting the house. Then the sirens, as first responders came on the scene. Then the rescue helicopters. Then the machinery and generators of […]
Pulaski Academy to Represent Arkansas at Make48’s National Competition
March 13, 2023
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARK. ─ MARCH 7, 2023 ─ Six Central Arkansas teams were tasked to create a prototype of a singular interactive experience based on the history of the Trail of Tears at the first Make48 competition held in Arkansas at the Innovation Hub on the weekend of October 6, 2022. The Trail of Tears was a tragic […]
Five ways Winrock supports youth education in the U.S. and abroad
January 24, 2023
Winrock International remains committed to working with partners in the U.S. and across the globe to increase access to education, entrepreneurial, and skills development opportunities for youth in the face of persistent economic, human rights, and environmental challenges. In the words of Nelson Mandela: “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the […]
Winrock’s Top 10 stories of 2022
January 9, 2023
Winrock’s 2022 was filled with innovation, initiative and impact across our organization’s portfolios. Here are the top 10 most-clicked stories of 2022: 8. Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) 2021: The year in review 9. Partnering with Vietnam on environmental protection, pollution reduction and climate action 10. Winrock to lead $20M USDA climate-smart agriculture commodities and markets project in […]
Winrock International awarded grant to advance broadband and tourism along the Delta Rhythm & Bayous highway
November 28, 2022
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARK. ─ Nov. 28, 2022 ─ Winrock International has been awarded a grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development to advance rural connectivity and improve tourism infrastructure in four Arkansas Delta communities under the Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge. Winrock and local partners will implement the Arkansas Delta Rhythm & Bayous […]
Science Venture Studio wins expansion funding and finds new home at Winrock International
November 1, 2022
Fayetteville, Ark. ─ Science Venture Studio (SVS) at Winrock, a nonprofit startup facilitator that helps promising science-and-technology companies obtain federal research funding to commercialize their technology, has been awarded a two-year extension by the Walton Family Foundation and will now be administered directly by Winrock International. Science Venture Studio works with early-stage science-and-technology companies to […]
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture visits Arkansas to promote Winrock partnership and historic USDA investments to expand climate-smart agriculture
September 21, 2022
Breylan Portwood, a young Black farmer from Brinkley, Ark., seemed surprised when U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asked if he would mind standing to be recognized. The secretary was in the middle of a panel discussion about a set of ambitious new USDA-funded climate-smart agriculture and markets projects soon to be started in Arkansas and […]
U.S. Small business owners, take 10 minutes to describe your past year
September 21, 2022
Owners and key financial decision-makers of for-profit businesses, share your recent experiences. Did your business seek financing such as loans or lines of credit in the last 12 months? How would you rate the financial condition of your business? The Federal Reserve’s 2022 Small Business Credit Survey is open for responses, and Winrock International is […]
Building Inclusive Economic and Community Development Ecosystems in the Rural South
July 8, 2022
With the pandemic beginning to enshroud everything and everyplace, including her hometown of England, Ark., Vickie Woodard, retired music teacher, DIYer and aspiring entrepreneur, wondered how she would make it. “Desperate times call for desperate measures,” she says. “It wasn’t just COVID. It was George Floyd too.” Woodard is a Black woman in her fifties […]