Sustainable Agriculture and Cacao Best Management Practices in Ecuador

by F2F volunteer Thomas "Rip" Winkel, F2F Volunteer to Ecuador. Read about Rip's previous assignment in Ecuador here .  EducaF...

Call for Volunteers! Open F2F Assignments in Latin America

Partners of the Americas’ USAID-funded Farmer-to-Farmer program provides technical assistance to individual farmers, farmer associations, ag...

Tomato Processing and Canning in Panama

F2F volunteer Carmen Pacheco-Borden with one of her training groups Carmen Pacheco-Borden recently traveled to Panama on a F2F assignment in...

From Peace Corps to Farmer-to-Farmer: F2F Volunteer Uses Skills Learned in Peace Corps with a Women's Group in the Amazon

Alex Matthews served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru from 2009-2011. In December 2015, he left for Ecuador to complete a  vegetable produ...

The Importance of Making Chocolate, Part Two

Arcelia Gallardo is a F2F volunteer currently working in Panama with chocolate makers. To read Part One, click here . I am leaving Panama ve...

The Importance of Making Chocolate, Part One

Arcelia Gallardo is a F2F volunteer currently working in Panama with chocolate makers affiliated with Partners of the Americas' EducaFut...

Supporting Social Entrepreneurship in Colombia: Zen Naturals and F2F

In April 2015, Gabriel Maya, the CEO of a small eco-cosmetic company called Zen Naturals, traveled from his home country of Colombia to Wash...

Reviving Cocoa Traditions in Panama

In March, Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer Rebecca Roebber traveled to Panama to support La Asociacion de Profesionales y Tecnicos Ng ä be -Buglé ...