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What do the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have to do with Eat United?
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 goals with 169 targets which were adopted on September 25, 2015 by the United Nations...
Regina Jorde
Apr 22, 20206 min read
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What does Sustainability even mean?
Sustainability is a common term used in everyday language. However, many people do not have a clear understanding of what sustainability...
Regina Jorde
Mar 10, 20203 min read
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The human cost of sugar
Chronic Kidney Disease (CDKu) is a fatal progressive loss of kidney function. In the last decade alone it has claimed the lives of over...
Katie Alesbury
Feb 7, 20194 min read
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A story of 3 businesses: how socio-political crisis affects food security and food sovereignty
In April 2018 something changed in Nicaragua. Protests began against the government. There were road-blocks, violence and destruction;...
Katie Alesbury
Dec 9, 20186 min read
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Managua's Market Life: Through the eyes of a volunteer
(Author: Stephanie Mork) Busses revving, horns honking, dogs barking, horses on the cobblestone, people yelling to get your attention,...
Comamos Juntos
Aug 18, 20182 min read
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What do you do with 100 kilos of rescued food? (+ BONUS RECIPE!)
(Author: Stephanie Mork) From 2013 to 2017, Eat United has saved over 75,000 kg of food: enough for over 560,000 plates. That’s...
Comamos Juntos
Aug 11, 20182 min read
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A Shared Mission Bringing People Together
(Author: Stephanie Mork) Volunteers make up the backbone of Comamos Juntos and we have been lucky to have such a passionate and hard...
Comamos Juntos
Aug 4, 20183 min read
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A Week in the Shoes of a Comamos Juntos Volunteer
(Author: Marketa Zackova) Are you deciding whether volunteering with Eat United (Comamos Juntos) would be the right thing for you? Or are...
Comamos Juntos
Jun 8, 20182 min read
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Global Food Waste Facts & What You Can Do
​ (Author: Marketa Zackova) Most of us know we are wasting way too much food globally. Numbers say it all: approximately one third (1.3...
Comamos Juntos
May 29, 20182 min read
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Resilient small-scale coffee farming in La Fundadora
Last month I had the opportunity to visit La Fundadora, a small town in Jinotega in the fertile coffee mountains, towards the north of...
Katie Alesbury
May 26, 20163 min read
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2015 Food Waste Fighting Round-Up.
(Author: Carly S) 2015 was a big year in the fight against hunger and food waste. As the new year kicks off everyone here at Eat United...
Comamos Juntos
Jan 14, 20162 min read
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Snap Your Snack and Fight Hunger!
A fun and interactive way for people from all over the world to unite in the love of food and show their support for a fairer food system.
Comamos Juntos
Oct 12, 20151 min read
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Off To The Market – Following Eat United Volunteers For The Day.
Here at Eat United Nicaragua we reckon everyone should have access to healthy food in sufficient quantities. We think it’s crazy that...
Comamos Juntos
Sep 21, 20153 min read
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Food Sharing Fridge in Spain.
(Author: Carly S) As collective outrage grows over the amount of good food wasted globally, innovative and creative solutions to this...
Comamos Juntos
Sep 14, 20152 min read
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Students Help Out Eat United.
(Author: Carly S) This week here at Eat United we were lucky enough to have a wonderful group of young people from the United States come...
Comamos Juntos
Aug 13, 20153 min read
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Community Spotlight: Villa Guadalupe.
Eat United takes a look at the communities we work with. Today's spotlight is on Villa Guadalupe. Villa Guadalupe is home to former...
Comamos Juntos
Aug 7, 20152 min read
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Guest Post: Sophie, a previous volunteer.
(Author: Sophie P) I recently spent two incredible weeks in the shambolic but fascinating Managua with Comamos Juntos. Right from day one...
Comamos Juntos
Aug 5, 20152 min read
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Some good news on global hunger.
(Author: Carly S) The recently released United Nations Millennium Development Goals Progress Report highlighted that the target of...
Comamos Juntos
Jul 31, 20152 min read
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Talking with some volunteers.
(Author: Carly S) Rebecca (Bex) from the UK and Tegan from Canada volunteered with us recently helping with food collection and...
Comamos Juntos
Jul 29, 20151 min read
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The Alphabet of "Ugly" Fruit and Veg.
(Author: Carly S) A large proportion of tasty and healthy fruits and veggies never make it to the table and are instead thrown away,...
Comamos Juntos
Jul 24, 20151 min read
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Eat United is a non-profit organization on a mission to strengthen the capacity of communities in Nicaragua to access and enjoy healthy food. Our blog explores food waste and food security, volunteer experiences, stories from our work on the ground in Managua and delicious recipes from Central America.
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