About Us
Our Story
Green Pedal USA was founded in 2020 as the project born in 2017 in Spain continues to grow.
Our Beliefs
MISSION
Empower rural communities to achieve sustainable local food systems.
VISION
Communities free from poverty, hunger, and inequality, where food sovereignty thrives.
VALUES
Green Pedal operates with respect for community and environment. Through a collaborative spirit, we practice transparency and accountability to those we serve. Our work prioritizes harmony with both people and nature. This allows us to promote and preserve local traditions and customs.
Who We Are
Since 2017, Green Pedal has worked with local communities in Mozambique to build sustainable food systems. Operating with respect for people and the environment, these sustainable food systems focus on social, economic and environmental impacts. We empower communities in Mozambique to access the proper resources and tools needed to build and achieve food sovereignty so that communities can overcome hunger, poverty and inequality. We believe that sustainable food systems are the key to creating lasting positive change.
When communities embrace thriving sustainable local food systems, children eat diverse meals, gender equality increases, families are lifted out of poverty, children can go to school and the health of the earth is maintained and replenished.
Our work is guided by international standards and rooted in local tradition. In order to scale our impact we have established a three year plan to sustain our mission and expand our programmatic reach.
FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
At Green Pedal we want food sovereignty to thrive in every community. That’s why we work to ensure that rural communities have the tools and resources needed to strengthen local traditions and reclaim their rights to the land. Through respect for people and the environment some of our initiatives include boosting local production, increasing market access, and ensuring productive organic farming practices.
ENSURING COMMUNITIES HAVE CONTROL OVER HOW THEIR FOOD IS PRODUCED, TRADED AND CONSUMED.
Agriculture can provide nutritious food for all and generate decent incomes.
Achieve decent work for all women and men with equal pay for work of equal value.
Decent work and representation in economic decisionmaking processes.
Empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all.
A successful sustainable agenda requires partnerships between governments, the private sector and civil society.
The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all . They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice.
These are the specific SDGs Green Pedal currently aligns with.
Food Sovereignty uses ecologically sound sustainable methods to give communities control over how their food is produced, traded and consumed.
Our work commits to honoring the 6 Pillars of the International Food Sovereignty Movement :
RIGHT TO FOOD
RESPECT FOR FARMERS
SECURE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS
CONCERN FOR THE EARTH, LAND, WATER AND SEEDS
BUILD AND RESPECT LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND CULTURES
WORK WITH NATURE