Climate Action Kenya Project #9176

Combating Climate Change with Agroecology

by Village Volunteers

Project Report | Jan 29, 2026
Progress in Getting Food to Market

By Shana Greene and Joshua Machinga | Joshua Machinga, Common Ground and Shana Greene

It's hard to focus on the myriad of issues that affect the environment. Climate affects food production, and the world is at a critical moment. Climate change, population growth, and global food-system disruptions create immense pressure on the world's food supply.

Yet, Africa has the potential to not only feed itself, but to become a net food exporter. There are 33 million small-scale or smallholder farms, and in some African countries, they produce up to 90% of the food consumed. Most smallholders are often subsistence farmers, without the resources and networks they need to adapt to social, economic or climate shocks. The challenges they face are multiplied in isolation. Disconnected from infrastructure, markets, and technology, they lack the support to grow their livelihoods. When rains took out rural roads, Joshua Machinga of Common Ground for Africa saw that an answer was to get large road-building equipment to make a huge difference in rural roads allowing people to go to market, etc.

This is a huge help to the farmers you have been supporting. None of the donations from you went to the equipment, so you are still supporting small shareholder farmers working on sustainable farming. It's a good time to continue your support. Getting produce to market will support farmers to grow more crops, produce more eggs and go full speed ahead.

With your help and the amazing leadership of Joshua Machinga for over 30 years, we invite you to jump in to support families and support sustainable food production..

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Sep 30, 2025
Why is Climate Change a Hoax?

By Shana Greene | Co-Executive Director/Village Volunteers

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Why is climate change a hoax?

It isn't! The assertion that climate change is a hoax is false and contradicted by a vast body of scientific evidence representing 97 to 98% of climate scientists that the planet is warming due to human activity.

These ongoing false statements from the Trump administration target public perception that lags behind scientific understanding. Disinformation campaigns are spread to cast doubt and delay action purely for financial reasons. The scientific evidence is overwhelming and has been collected since the mid-20th century. Since the Industrial Revolution, the Earth's temperatures have risen steadily. Levels of heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide are now 50% higher than preindustrial levels studied in natural ice core data over 800,000 years. Glaciers and ice sheets are shrinking worldwide, causing global sea levels to rise, increasing the frequency of extreme weather events.

That said, what can we do, short of developing technological miracles? Research into solutions in the US has also been curtailed. We will need to look to forward-thinking countries that promote green-energy, and restorative agriculture to slow the destruction of the rainforests for cattle and the methane that is produced.

We are not blinded by the hope that planting trees will restore the climate, but we can go region by region, where African farmers are the most affected by climate change. We can provide tools and hope for the farmers who own land, and support cooperative farms where they are taught climate-sensitive techniques. No, the answer is not GMO seeds that are supposedly drought-resistent or the technology promoted by companies. It's much more intuitive and in harmony with nature's patterns.

We always want to be upbeat because we appreciate you and your contributions, but when we live day after day, saddened by the corruption we witness and the cruelty that is happening to our immigrant population, we look to the positive farmers who understand the ways of the environment with a healthy respect for Mother Nature.

Thank you,

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Jun 3, 2025
Is Climate Change a Real Problem?

By Shana Greene | Co-Executive Director/Village Volunteers

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