Soils, Food and Healthy Communities

From May to July two PhD candidates in Geography and Environment from the Environment Health and Hazard Lab, led by Dr. Isaac Luginaah, were conducting research in collaboration with SFHC. Kamaldeen Mohammed along with our forestry team, Linda,… Read More

Currently, our Harness Farm Project interns Clara Levy and Wezzie Phiri (picture below) are busy with conducting market observations and consumer interviews in 4 towns and villages (Mzuzu, Ekwendeni, Enukweni and Rumphi) to understand their expectations and eating… Read More

In May and June our community promoters were active across ten different working areas for a 1-day refreshment training as part of our Biovision project. The focus of these sessions was to enhance and deepen our farmers’ understanding… Read More

Earlier this year, SFHC students and staff (Maia, Noah, & Verna) had the chance to join SFHC staff and community promoters on a visit to Jombo. They met with village members and had the chance to learn about… Read More

On January 17th 2023, SFHC was excited to welcome a group of researchers, members of nonprofits, and farmers at the SFHC Centre for the Strengthening Agroecology Regional Networks Workshop! This workshop was aimed to foster knowledge-sharing and discussions among… Read More

We are deeply saddened by the sudden losses of Penjani Kanyimbo and Godfrey Mbizi, who both passed away on Saturday, February 4th in flash floods. Both Penjani and Godfrey were longtime employees of SFHC. Penjani Kanyimbo was born… Read More

Lizzie Shumba joined SFHC in 2003 and since then has contributed much to our efforts and to the success of SFHC. The Agroecology and Livelihood Collaborative (ALC) from the University of Vermont conducted an interview with Lizzie to… Read More

The SFHC team and the communities we work with play a crucial role in helping us reach our goals of promoting sustainability, health, and equity, so we love to share the voices of the wonderful people that make… Read More

Exciting news: new research from our SFHC team has just been published! This research is centered around examining crop diversity and its effect on food security and women’s diet quality through an intervention in Malawi. As always, we… Read More