Kenya’s school feeding program provides hot, nutritious meals to students, boosting attendance, nutrition, and educational outcomes while also stimulating local economies by sourcing food from smallholder farmers, supporting climate resilience through drought-tolerant crops, and empowering women and youth. Regenerative mixed cropping practices focus on mimicking natural ecosystems to rebuild soil health, enhance biodiversity, and improve…

Working with partners at The New York Botanical Garden, Cornell University, Addis Ababa University, and Wollo University, this project investigates the potential benefits of traditional crop mixtures, including (1) their contributions to the nutritional status of mothers and infants suffering from micronutrient deficiencies, (2) their ability to provide stable yields under an increasingly variable climate,…