August Harvest:

Fellows Arrived, Program Updates, and Surpassing Our Annual Campaign Goal

We are absolutely thrilled to share that with your incredible support, we've not only reached but SURPASSED our initial campaign goal of $25,000.

Thanks to 66 donors we have raised $27,114!

Thank you to our passionate and inspiring supporters and community who helped us surpass our campaign goal.

Inspired by your generosity, we're raising our target to $28,000.

Give today and help us continue to build a more

food and seed sovereign future!

Warm Welcome to our Post-Graduate Fellows from Princeton University

Now in the Philippines

We are excited to welcome Mandy and Marissa to the heart of operations in the Philippines. They will spend the rest of the year in Baguio/Benguet immersing themselves with our work and partner farmers and starting their filming and documentation of our programs and communities. Stay tuned for more updates as they dig in!

Collaborations with Salumayag

Youth Collective for Forests Underway

We're thrilled to announce a dynamic new collaboration that's all about nurturing seeds of wisdom and growth. 

We will be sending our very own Harry Paulino and Manong Marcario (one of BASS’ IP leaders) to support the existing seed stewards curriculum that our new Philippines Board Member, Robert Mansalo-on Cahapon is leading in Bukidnon, Mindanao with Salumayag Youth Collective for Forests.

Salumayag, is an indigenous youth and women-led initiative that empowers upland communities in the stewardship of their ancestral lands through regenerative practices and narratives. 

The Bukidnon Seed Stewards Project is a flagship project of the Salumayag Youth Collective for Forests. This project is based in Sto. Domingo, Quezon, Bukidnon, a Manobo-Kulamanen community that has a long history of ecological, social, and economic disadvantages, yet it stands tall as a testament of resilience. It's a community ready to embrace regenerative practices, restore their ecological balance, and craft narratives of strength and revival.