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In the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Farmers in Ecuador Innovate a Whole New Food System
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In the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Farmers in Ecuador Innovate a Whole New Food System

By Jason Woods | January 8, 2021

There was no way for small-scale farmers in Ecuador to anticipate the COVID-19 pandemic more than a year ago when they started diversifying the products they grew and mapping efficient paths to get them to hungry urban markets. But when the coronavirus hit the South American nation hard, these farmers found themselves well-prepared to keep homebound customers fed.

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MIT D-Lab Founder Amy Smith Discusses Appropriate Technology and Fighting Poverty
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MIT D-Lab Founder Amy Smith Discusses Appropriate Technology and Fighting Poverty

By Jason Woods | August 11, 2020

From an early age, Amy Smith felt she should use her skills to end poverty. With aptitude and passion for both engineering and international development, Smith committed her professional life to combining the two in a meaningful way, starting D-Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002.