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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 […]
Wallace Center Wins $3M from U.S. EPA to Invest in Mississippi River Farm Organizations
August 9, 2022
Little Rock, Ark.— August 9, 2022—Wallace Center at Winrock International will implement a $3M cooperative agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to design and manage a collaborative regranting program for farm organizations supporting underserved farmers in the Upper and Lower Mississippi River basins. The program will distribute $2M to partners, and $1M in […]
Building Safe Food Systems, Protecting Public Health and Improving Agricultural Trade Prospects in the Philippines
June 7, 2022
Dagupan City sits on the Lingayen Gulf, about 135 miles due north of Manila in the Philippines. It has been a regional market center for centuries but has recently gained wider fame as “the Bangus Capital of the World.” Bangus, also known as milkfish, is one of the oldest farmed fish species in Asia. Over […]
High-Quality Coffee from Laos: Coming Soon to a Specialty Café Near You?
April 25, 2022
The four coffee varietals from Laos were little known in the United States. Todd Arnette, one of the most experienced specialty coffee experts in the world, was excited to introduce them. How good were they? Arnette would soon query the group for their impressions. But first, he shared an anecdote from last year’s “Taste of […]
“The Journey to Net Zero” and Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Agricultural Supply Chains
April 20, 2022
The inaugural Concordia Lexington Summit, held April 7-8 at the University of Kentucky, convened thought leaders to address the future of technology, trade, environmental sustainability and other issues of urgent concern to the U.S. Winrock’s Senior Director of Private Sector Engagement Steve Brunn participated in a panel at the summit focused on carbon reduction and […]
GEF Names Winrock International Winner of Challenge Program for Adaptation Innovation
November 8, 2021
November 8, 2021 – Today at COP26, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) announced that Winrock International is one of the 10 new winners of its Challenge Program for Adaptation Innovation, a competition that provides seed funding for innovative initiatives to help vulnerable countries cope with the climate crisis. Winrock, in partnership with the U.N. Food […]
Aaron Sundsmo named Winrock’s Senior Director of Agriculture, Resilience & Water
October 25, 2021
Winrock International is pleased to announce that Aaron Sundsmo has been named senior director of its Agriculture, Resilience & Water (ARW) group. Aaron has 20 years of experience providing organizational and portfolio leadership within both for-profit and non-profit international development organizations, including 15 years in Africa and Asia. In his new position as ARW’s senior […]
Pakistan’s IncREDible Chili Farmers
October 7, 2021
For lasting impact in Pakistan’s agriculture sector, especially for red chili peppers, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pakistan Agriculture Development (PAD) project, implemented by Winrock International, offers a replicable model with private sector partners and smallholder farmers. Pakistan’s input supply company Haji Sons International is a leading seed marketing company with a network of agrodealers throughout the […]
Bedrock Colleague and Winrock Stalwart John Kadyszewski Retires from Winrock
July 14, 2021
After 32 years of dedicated service, our long-time bedrock colleague and Winrock stalwart John Kadyszewski has retired from Winrock. John started with Winrock in September 1989, and worked closely with former Winrock CEO Frank Tugwell in setting up and advancing our renewable energy and environmental programming. He believed the science behind climate change was clear […]
New scholarship honors the past and prepares for the future
June 24, 2021
A Winrock Legacy Story It was the early 1990s, and biologist Sitan Traore had a dream, one that seems eerily prescient given the world we live in: she wanted to help study and control illness in her home country, Mali. “In Africa there are so many diseases — in humans and animals — that are […]