This is a two-part series of our three day visit with the Solidarity Center in Kenya to meet with workers and look at the tea and flower industries.

Part I: Coming Up Roses for Union Members: Flower Workers Improve Workplace Conditions Through Solidarity

Lake Naivasha is known...

Originally posted as a two part series on the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet blog.

Part I:Vertical Farms: Finding Creative Ways to Grow Food in Kibera

Driving through the crowded streets of Kibera, it's nearly impossible to describe how many people live in this area of about...

This is the second of a three-part series about our visit to the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and AGRA grantees in Kenya.

"Read our lips," said Joe DeVries, near the end of our conversation with him in his office at the Alliance for a Green...

This is the first of a three-part series about our visit to the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and AGRA grantees in Kenya.

We visited the headquarters of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) in Nairobi, Kenya, this week. The organization, which began...

These days many coffee drinkers in the U.S. not only know which country their beans were grown in, but often whether or not the farmer growing them used organic practices or protected local bird populations. The fair trade movement has done a good job of informing consumers about where their...

We've been reading about how China is investing in African agriculture for a few years now, but this week is the first time we've really seen what that means on the ground. As we traveled from Addis to Aksum, it's impossible not to notice who is building the roads here....