The first few years of María Luisa’s life happened in the city. Along with her sisters and brother, she lived in Mexico City until the age of 4, when her father decided it was time to move to Hidalgo to be closer to their grandparents. Her father acquired some backyard animals and her mother opened up a stationary store so
Xunaxi Cruz Communications Director I chose to write today, on the International Day of Rural Women, because it is a subject I’m passionate about and with which I identify. I often see my family’s history reflected in the 104,000+ families that use a Sistema.bio digester, as well as in our network of female sales agents. While I didn’t grow
Atul Mittal Business development director Is it possible to foresee what you could accomplish with a few years of passion, toil, and training? The answer is “Yes”. It isn’t some hypothetical situation, dependent on any manner of factors from genes to environment. It’s a mindset. And it’s the one we cultivate every day at Sistema.bio Sistema.bio India is a social
Oscar grew up in the city, and yet he blossomed in the countryside. For the past 20 years, he has dedicated his life not only to farming but to finding new ways of farming, new ways of conceiving it. He was born and raised in Bogota, city where for many years he worked in transportation. It was there that he
The COVID-19 pandemic has moved many things. Above all, it has forced projects, businesses, ventures, and companies to reinvent themselves, to find new ways of operating within a different world scheme. Sistema.bio has not been an exception. Our purpose has always been to reach small and medium farmers from all over the world and invite them to be part of
By Mutuma Muriuki, Agroecology Fellow Today we are here to talk about cabbages, the oldest and most widely grown vegetable of the Brassica group. Belonging to the mustard family, some other members of this group include broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, chinese cabbage, kale, kohlrabi, and turnips. Cabbage is a hardy vegetable that grows especially well in fertile soils. There are
For Teresia, farming is a synonym for living. It’s what she’s always known, what she has dedicated her life to. Farming is her home, her work, her family. She lives on a shamba in Githuguri, Kenya, with her husband Francis and one of her sons. They produce coffee, maize, kale, bananas and avocados, among many other things. Teresia grew up
Jessica Carey Sales & training manager Seeing Jackline Cherotich perform in our External Partners Training for Biogas Solutions Uganda Limited was a very touching experience for me. I met Jackie in November, 2019, my second week in the field with Sistema.bio in Kericho County in Kenya. It was a rainy day, cool weather, tea fields glistening with a deep lush
His parents were farmers. They grew maize, potatoes, wheat, and beans. This is how Norberto grew up, on a farm in Boyacá, Colombia, with his parents and his nine brothers and sisters. His parents’ hard and dedicated work was the basis of the family’s economy: “my parents harvested and sold the produce, and we fed ourselves from the farm. That’s
What drives our team is a passion for what we do, a devotion for changing this world. And Swati is a perfect example of this. Swati joined our team in India a year ago. Since then, she has become a true advocate for biogas, proactively looking for opportunities to change the way things are done. Swati comes from agriculture, a
