Follow the link below to listen as EkoRural partners Myriam Paredes, Michelle O. Fried, Richard Itriago, Marcelo Aizaga and Eliana Estrella explain how to prepare a local-fruit smoothie and converse with Giovanniu Tassi about the alliance between rural and urban areas and producers and consumers that made this demonstration possible on the radio program ¨From the … Continue reading Local and Nutritious: Listen as EkoRural Staff and Partners Prepare and Discuss the Origins of a Fruit Smoothie

One day at the market of a ‘Canasta Comunitaria’ in Riobamba  Every two weeks a market with local products from small producers living in the highlands around Riobamba is being organized in the city Riobamba, Chimborazo. The concept of this initiative is called a ‘Canasta Comunitaria’ and is organized by the foundation Utopia, which is … Continue reading Un Dia Con la “Canasta Comunitaria” de Riobamba

Changing the food system requires participation from all sides and at all levels. On April 17, 2012, International Farmer´s Day, both producers and consumers that EkoRural is working with in the Canastas Comunitarias program marched together in Guayaquil, Ecuador for food sovereignty. They form part of a network of grassroots organizations that are uniting to change the entire … Continue reading Producer and Consumers Fighting for Food Sovereignty Together