femaleempowerment

The Heart of ACF: Why the Farm Shop Matters

At Agricultural Community Foundation (ACF), the farm shop is more than a place to buy food. It is where our work comes full circle — from the soil, through member’s hands, and back into the community. The shelves are stocked with fresh vegetables and fruits, eggs, and milk — all produced through ACF projects. WeContinue reading “The Heart of ACF: Why the Farm Shop Matters”

Planting Beans and Sweet Potatoes for Healthy Soil

At the Agricultural Community Foundation, sustainability and empowerment go hand in hand. This past rainy season, our team planted beans and sweet potatoes across our micro-farm. These crops are doing more than filling fields—they are laying the groundwork for a flourishing vegetable garden in the coming spring while advancing our mission to uplift women inContinue reading “Planting Beans and Sweet Potatoes for Healthy Soil”

Brewing Prosperity at ACF

In the heart of Southern Africa, Malawi’s rich red soils and temperate highlands are proving fertile ground for more than just maize and tobacco. A quiet revolution is taking root—coffee cultivation—and the Agricultural Community Foundation (ACF) is hoping to be apart of it. Why Coffee? Why Malawi? Malawi, known as “the Warm Heart of Africa,”Continue reading “Brewing Prosperity at ACF”

ACF’s Founding Team

In the middle of the rainy season a group of women came together to form what would be ACF. It started as an idea where women in the community could exchange ideas and start projects together with the support of the Scottish Malawi Fund and Saint Andrews Macadamia (SAM). The group of five women cameContinue reading “ACF’s Founding Team”