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It is with great sadness to inform you of the recent passing of Mrs. Josephine Fote, wife of Dr. Francis Fote, co-founder of Grounds for Health. Josephine, or Jo as she was known to her...

ECOM Foundation Awards Grant to Strengthen Programs

12 Aug 2014

Jane Dale

Grounds for Health is the grateful recipient of a two-year $45,000 grant award for the Development of Origin Resources from the ECOM Foundation. Since 2006, the ECOM Foundation has made a significant contribution to Grounds...

Two Weeks In – A note from the new Executive Director

12 Aug 2014

Guy Stallworthy

It’s a great pleasure for me to write my first contribution to the Grounds for Health e-news. After a couple of months of steadily increasing anticipation, I finally began work in Waterbury on July 28th....

Ethiopia: A Welcoming to the Birthplace of Coffee

12 Aug 2014

Ariel Delaney

While it may be a known fact that Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee, before I had travelled there in June with Grounds for Health I had many questions: would our partners be ready? What would the...

Dean’s Beans Makes Ethiopia Work Possible

11 Aug 2014

Jane Dale

Grounds for Health is enormously grateful to Dean Cycon of Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee for being the initial and primary underwriter of the Grounds for Health Ethiopia program. Dean traveled with the team to Ethiopia to...

Farewell Note from Executive Director August Burns

15 Jul 2014

August Burns

As I sit at my desk on my final day at the helm of Grounds for Health, I will indulge in a few thoughts about what I have learned on this incredible journey. Perhaps first and...

Nicaragua: Multiplying Impact

30 Jun 2014

Grounds for Health Staff

In late April, new Program Manager Ariel Irene Delaney traveled to Nicaragua to meet the local team and become acquainted with our current, longest-standing Grounds for Health program. Upon arriving, she was immediately whisked into...

Thank You: Farmer Brothers

30 Jun 2014

Jane Dale

For the third year in a row, the Grounds for Health reception at SCAA, held in April in Seattle, Washington, was generously sponsored by Farmer Brothers. This year the event was held at The Edgewater...

Peru: Healthy Communities Ready for the Harvest

30 Jun 2014

Kyle Engelman

In early March, as one of Grounds for Health’s new Program Managers, I made my way to Peru for my first Grounds for Health trip to the field. After many travel delays due to snow...

Excitement over New Executive Director, Celebration for Retiring Leader

25 Jun 2014

Grounds for Health Staff

IMMEDIATE RELEASE GROUNDS FOR HEALTH APPOINTS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CELEBRATES RETIRING LEADER Guy Stallworthy from Gates Foundation Replaces Retiring Executive Director August Burns Waterbury, VT (Marketwired) / The Board of Directors of Grounds for Health,...

SCAA Reception: April 24 @7pm

08 Apr 2014

Jane Dale

Healthy Women, Healthy Harvest Coming to the SCAA Event in Seattle? Join us to celebrate the women who are essential to the sustainability of the coffee industry and to raise a glass to the supporters...

Celebrating Cervical Cancer Prevention in Peru: A Drop in the Ocean for Women’s Rights

07 Mar 2014

Ana Aguilera

Working in the field of cervical cancer prevention in coffee growing communities since 1996, Grounds for Health has been privileged to work with a tremendous number of extraordinary women—as staff, collaborators, donors, students and recipients...

Passing of a Friend

ECOM Foundation Awards Grant to Strengthen Programs

Two Weeks In – A note from the new Executive Director

Ethiopia: A Welcoming to the Birthplace of Coffee

Dean’s Beans Makes Ethiopia Work Possible

Farewell Note from Executive Director August Burns

Nicaragua: Multiplying Impact

Thank You: Farmer Brothers

Peru: Healthy Communities Ready for the Harvest

Excitement over New Executive Director, Celebration for Retiring Leader

SCAA Reception: April 24 @7pm

Celebrating Cervical Cancer Prevention in Peru: A Drop in the Ocean for Women’s Rights

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