In a World Filled with Food Security Challenges, There are Solutions
Families and communities in rural Guatemala have struggled with chronic malnutrition and disease for generations. This has led to ongoing cycles of poverty and poor health that are hard to escape.
To break these cycles and dramatically improve lives, we provide families and communities with long-term training and resources to produce their own reliable food security, achieve better health, and increase their incomes.
What is the Seeds for a Future Program?
In 2009, we launched a sustainable food security training program for restoring the health and well-being of rural Guatemalans, who endure one of the highest rates of chronic malnutrition in Central America and the world.
The Program continues to flourish throughout Guatemala because families are empowered to take charge of their food security, nutrition, health, and incomes.
By applying our training and starter resources, families actively build the skills and practices for living better with long-term self-reliance and resilience.
Generational Change and Resilience:
The knowledge and skills the program's participants use to build better lives for themselves become established as familial and community capacities.
These skills and capacities are passed to future generations, contributing to healthier and more vibrant communities for generations to come.
Because our Program's approach is low-cost, locally led, and modular, it can be replicated in rural communities across the globe, without a heavy infrastructure footprint.
You can learn more about how our Program works here.
Our Impact as of 2025:
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The Program serves 21 communities located in 8 states across Guatemala
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Almost 5,400 Families have graduated from the Program
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32,400+ people have benefited (avg family size = 6.0)
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Thousands of home gardens created and maintained
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Thousands of protein animals raised
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Thousands of native fruit, cacao, and timber trees planted and producing
Seeds for a Future Program Locations in Guatemala
The INCAP Research Study of the Seeds for a Future Program
An independent, randomized controlled trial of the Seeds for a Future Program was conducted from 2014 to 2017 by the Institute for Nutrition in Central America and Panama (INCAP).
Funded by the Nestlé Foundation of Switzerland, INCAP’s research revealed that the Seeds for a Future Program cut childhood anemia rates from 47% to under 5% in families participating in the Program, over a 90% reduction.
The INCAP Study concluded, “This is the first time that an integrated health, nutrition, and agriculture project demonstrated a positive outcome in biochemical biomarkers in women and children.”
