Initiating Development
From the Ground Up
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To increase food supply by providing modern agricultural education.
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To offer the rural villages of Sierra Leone our fully inclusive season-long classes to explain every aspect of agriculture; from planting to post-harvest handling.
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We value transparency, honesty, and we work against societal norms of corruption. Growing the Grassroots is a family which combats inequality of opportunity in rural Sierra Leone.
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Food is the baseline of humanity. Developing any other aspect of society is not possible without first achieving food security. Growing the Grassroots uses a bottom-up approach to empower rural farmers with modern agricultural practices. Our goal is to provide comprehensive, hands-on education to initiate sustainable development from the grassroots level.
Growing the Grassroots works to bring Norman Borlaug’s “Green Revolution” strategies to Africa. These strategies combine high-yielding seed varieties with modern agricultural production techniques.
We hope to bring quality agricultural education to every man, woman, and child in Sierra Leone one day.
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All agriculture, school construction, and community enrichment projects
Current events in Sierra Leone and additional resources on Food Security
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Step-by-step guides on how to grow various crops in Sierra Leone
Important agriculture information for farmers in Sierra Leone
Construction of the largest primary school in Sierra Leone is complete! Thank you to everyone who donated, the community in Sembehun Tabema, the engineering team, and the in-country GTGR staff!
Help Grow The Grassroots
Donating directly supports our ongoing projects. We take pride in the fact that 100% of donations reach our operations in Sierra Leone.
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Calvin Dauner, Kimberlee Keast, Rural Power and Light, Sue Gaskill
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Lana and Casey Gooby, Sun N Us, Bill Pilacinski, Michael Papp, Josef Chehebar, Scot and Christy Dauner, Zach Ritland, Daniel Grant, Casey Hiscocks, Megan and Steven Pyrah, CJ Beathard
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Eric Williams, Devang and Kari Shah, Dean and Traci Pavletich, Kurt Schwabe, Steve Passeri, Jonah Scallon, Amy Wexlar
How Growing the Grassroots Started…
Growing the Grassroots Apparel
100% of the proceeds go to our agricultural program.
