Farmers Without Borders?

When people hear the phrase, "farmers without borders," they sometimes ask: "what can farmers do in a war zone? In a crisis, people need doctors, not farmers!"  But the idea of a being "sans frontieres" – being without borders, moving beyond frontiers - is not just about providing emergency medical relief. It is about people pushing past boundaries in order to help others in need. It is about groups of people using their particular expertise or special skills to transcend the usual limitations of their work in order to act benevolently.
Welcome!

Farmers Without Borders is a farmer-led organization with a mission to support struggling agricultural communities in developing regions and to strengthen regenerative agriculture around the globe.

I am very happy to welcome you to our new website. The site has been completely redesigned by FWB's volunteer webmaster Mark Hutchison. The goal of the new site is to facilitate dialogue and engagement.

Please join FWB if you share our mission, vision and values. Membership is free. You will be able to immediately access the Member Area and participate fully in the organization.  

I'm very pleased to announce that we have successfully completed our first AGM. It was held here, on the website, and was completely open and transparent. Anyone who could communicate in English online was able to fully participate, regardless of where they lived in the world or their financial wherewithal.

And I'm excited and grateful to announce our 2010 Farmers Without Borders Board of Directors:

  • Steve Davis
  • Samuel Godfrey
  • Mary Alice Johnson
  • Colleen O'Brien
  • Melanie Sylvestre
  • Robin Tunnicliffe

 

Congratulations! Together we have a truly excellent and diverse base of NGO experience and farming knowledge. The Board will be meeting soon to elect an Executive and develop an action plan for the year. 

I also want to acknowledge the new volunteers that came forward and committed to develop FWB in their communities. In particular, we have new Sections in California and Sierra Leone.

The vision for Farmers Without Borders is that it will be a decentralized organization focused on goals that are practical and needed. Our vision is also to be very inclusive, welcoming participation from all people - regardless of where they live. The Constitution requires a majority of the Board to be farmers in order to protect the vision that FWB will be driven by farmers.

At the moment FWB has no staff and no funding directed to administration - we are propelled solely by volunteer energy.

If you support FWB's mission, vision and values then I urge you to get involved at this creative moment. Your skills and energy will enable FWB to achieve its mission to support struggling agricultural communities in developing regions and to strengthen regenerative agriculture around the globe. 

 

Kind regards,

Samuel Godfrey

Director, Farmers Without Borders.

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