Taking action on malnutrition
May 3, 2013 By canwefeedtheworld
A lack of sufficient nutrients in the diet is responsible for around 2.6 million deathsof children per year, the ...
A team of three senior engineering majors at Dordt brought their finished Solar Power Generation System to the Education Concerns for Hunger Organization (ECHO) headquarters in Fort Myers, Florida, ...
"All week in the classes and in the gardens I thought, 'I can't believe I get to be here!' ... Thank you, ECHO, for an awesome week of training and opening up new dreams for our orphans!"
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As this year comes to a close, ECHO East Africa is finalizing the 2013 Symposium schedule, filled with excellent speakers, demonstrations, and opportunities for field visits. We hope you'll ...
Excitement is building in Ouagadougou (Wah-ga-doo-goo) in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Delegates have been awaiting this networking opportunity for months as the date has grown steadily ...
July 1st, 2012 marked the opening of ECHO East Africa! The East Africa Impact Center was opened in Arusha, Tanzania and is already welcoming guests. It is located 10 kilometers west of Arusha, on ...
Summer is here in Southwest Florida! Hot-season plants abound, but most people think that they need to stop gardening over the summer months. ECHO is here to tell you that you can still enjoy fresh ...
We sometimes take things for granted! Water coming from the sink, electricity, or easy access to information are all things we take for granted in the United States! Here at ECHO, there are many ...
This seminar is only one of many that are part of ECHO's weeklong workshop entitled Introduction to Tropical Agricultural Development. More information about this and other workshops can be found ...
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Three-Day Tropical Agriculture Workshop
Posted by Rick Burnette
Over 35 persons from Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Indonesia and ...
Gardens here, gardens there! Postmarked, is an electronic ECHO newsletter created to connect, share, and celebrate the efforts, ideas, and challenges of students, teachers, and community ...
After the first full day of the ECHO Agricultural Conference 2010, there is a definite buzz around the farm. Delegates are talking over meals, during breaks and huddling in corners all over the farm ...
ECHO loves to share good resources when we find them! ICD is working in various countries around the world offering training to empower and develop local leaders. If you are working in various ...
On Friday, August 21st, 24 incoming freshman from the Honors Program at Florida Gulf Coast University got a jumpstart on their education and service-learning requirement by completing ECHO’s ...
By Noah Elhardt:
When I was a kid, my family had access to a fantastic public library. As home schoolers, visits to the library were a weekly tradition, especially during the summer months ...
If you happen to be walking around ECHO, you might see some strange white stumps in our fruit tree arboretum. Don't be alarmed! The trees have undergone some dramatic 'pruning' in an effort to ...
I woke up Saturday morning and felt like I needed a good adventure. I wasn't sure where I would go, or what I would do, but I knew I needed to go somewhere. By 9:30, I still had not ...
ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization) is holding two hands-on agricultural training sessions for all area educators!
FLAG in the Classroom facilitators will offer teachers guidance on ...
Second in this training Series is "Perennial Vegetables" by Larry Yarger. Enjoy!
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The Third Video in our series is "Rooftop Gardening" by Dr. Tim ...
ECHO hosted over 250 delegates representing 39 countries in our 16th Annual ECHO Agricultural Conference! From Niger to Laos, and many many countries in between, delegates came together to share, ...
Landing in West Africa was a welcome feeling! The warm air, dry as an oven, washed over their faces and Stan Doerr simply smiled. He and his wife Beth are not just visiting a continent they once ...
Through the Eyes of a Student will be a topic we share time to time with you on the ECHO blog! Students come from all walks of life, and we at ECHO greatly enjoy getting to know them, learning from ...
On September 4th, thirteen high school students from Chiang Mai International School (Thailand) came over to the ECHO Asia Regional Office to learn about and help with a new container garden and ...
By SUSAN JACOBSE
What do First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady of California Maria Shriver, and the First Lady of American organic cuisine have in common with the kids at Bonita Middle School?
They ...
