WORLD FOOD PRIZE 2023 LAUREATE💫 The Borlaug Dialogue ‘Harness Change’ begins today featuring 1300 attendees from over 75 countries. #FoodPrize23 Norman Borlaug was often called "the father of the Green Revolution", and is credited with saving over a billion people worldwide from starvation. Dr. Borlaug created the World Food Prize Foundation Prize—Nobel Prize of Food and Agriculture. It was an honor to be hosted by Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, President Emeritus, at the World Food Prize Hall of Laureates to listen firsthand to the accomplishments of this great American.
Roots of Peace
Non-profit Organizations
San Rafael, California 5,952 followers
Cultivating Peace Through Agriculture
About us
At Roots of Peace, our mission is to restore economic vitality by creating livelihood opportunities in post-conflict regions. We help some of the world’s most vulnerable local economies to recover after conflict. We support individuals and communities to revitalize businesses and livelihoods by removing remnants of war, improving farming methods, and facilitating market linkages. Our programs have impacted over 1 million farmers and their families in countries such as Afghanistan, Vietnam, Croatia, Israel and the West Bank.
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http://www.rootsofpeace.org
External link for Roots of Peace
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- San Rafael, California
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1997
- Specialties
- International Development and Agriculture
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Primary
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4000 Civic Center Dr
San Rafael, California 94903, US
Employees at Roots of Peace
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Heidi Kuhn
2023 World Food Prize Laureate | Founder, Roots of Peace
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Livvy R. Greenbaum
Representative at YAHT (Youth Against Human Trafficking)
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Aziz Rahman Abubakar
Horticulture Instructor | NRM Specialist | Senior Production Specialist
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Heather Haydu
Director of Programs at Roots of Peace
Updates
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THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE LAUREATE✨💫 Proud to arrive in Des Moines, Iowa this week to attend the World Food Prize Foundation #foodprize23 event in the heartland of America! I am deeply humbled and honored to be selected as the 2023 Laureate—Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture. My husband, Gary A Kuhn has worked shoulder-to-shoulder with me for over a quarter of a century to help feed millions of farmers and families living in war-torn lands. Together, we planted over seven (7) million fruit frees with our Roots of Peace team—cultivating sustainable peace through agriculture. Each tree planted provides fruit for future generations to thrive! All our Kuhn children—Brooks, Tucker Kühn, Kyleigh & Christian W. Kühn—have walked the minefields of the world with their parents with full hearts, as we strive to alleviate suffering of families living on war-torn lands. This week, I will accept this prestigious World Food Prize Award on behalf of our Kuhn family, our Roots of Peace team, and families living around the world who are greatly suffering from the perils of war. Now, more than ever, the world needs peace…✨🙏💫
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I am a trainer in the Roots of Peace kitchen garden program. We trained 200 needy unemployed women to help them become self-sufficient. Even though most of these women are illiterate, they have gardens and raise livestock. They told us that this was the first time that anyone has held a workshop for them in this village. They were so happy we did this. We were so happy we could help. - Zarlasht, Paghman district of Kabul #RootsOfPeace #NonProfit #NonProfitOrganization #Charity #AfghanWomen #WomenOfAfghanistan #SelfSufficient #FoodSecurity #Agriculture #Afghanistan #FarmingForTheFuture #Farming
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Most of the women in this region suffer from anemia. Women and children do not have enough food for proper nutrition. Mothers die during childbirth because they do not have enough money to eat or buy medicine. Though I am a health worker at the clinic, I recommend kitchen gardening to the women who come here. They can plant seeds in their yards and improve their health by eating more vegetables. They can use the surplus to make jams and pickles. This leads to not only better health but empowerment. - Homaira, Paghman District #RootsOfPeace #NonProfit #NonProfitOrganization #Charity #AfghanWomen #WomenOfAfghanistan #SelfSufficient #FoodSecurity #Agriculture #Afghanistan #FarmingForTheFuture #Farming
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We had land to cultivate, but we couldn’t afford the seeds. But now Roots of Peace is here. You have provided us with seeds so that we can grow our own food and sell the rest in the market. It can feed my children and become a source of income. The more we grow, the better we are. I find farming easy. I know we can do this! - Brishna, Paghman District #RootsOfPeace #NonProfit #NonProfitOrganization #Charity #AfghanWomen #WomenOfAfghanistan #SelfSufficient #FoodSecurity #Agriculture #Afghanistan #FarmingForTheFuture #Farming
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You see all these women here? They are all widows, and many are sick. This year, though there was plenty of water and many had a small amount of land - no one could grow wheat, potatoes, onions, and other vegetables because they could not afford to buy seed. This aid from Roots of Peace - these seeds and training - give us food for our families and the rest we can sell to buy medicines. Thank you for teaching us to farm - to feed ourselves and sell the rest. You are the first to come to this village to help. - Arefa, Paghman District #RootsOfPeace #NonProfit #NonProfitOrganization #Charity #AfghanWomen #WomenOfAfghanistan #SelfSufficient #FoodSecurity #Agriculture #Afghanistan #FarmingForTheFuture #Farming
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