Between 1999 and 2011, HGBF invested nearly $100 million in Africa’s Great Lakes region to support conservation, agriculture and economic development. When conflict reignited in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2012, HGBF built on its legacy of support to achieve two simple but ambitious goals: (1) help secure lasting peace; (2) help catalyze widespread economic development. Learn More
The Foundation created the Global Water Initiative in 2007 to address productive and household water resource constraints in Africa and Central America. In 2012, GWI refocused its mission to look at water resource constraints for agricultural production globally, including in the U.S. Learn More
“Harvesting the Potential: Farming to Feed the World” is an initiative to help U.S. farmers understand how conservation-based production practices such as no-till, strip-till, cover crops and nutrient management can preserve natural resources while also producing high crop yields. Learn More
Invest an Acre is an effort to engage U.S. farmers nationwide in the fight against hunger by donating one acre or more of their crop proceeds to benefit their local food bank. Learn More
Sequoia Farm Foundation invests in applied research to improve production practices for small farmers in developing countries in Latin America and Africa. Learn More
