Global Gardens
for Food Security
About
At the heart of this initiative is Global Gardens for Food Security, a scalable public-private partnership that empowers farming families—particularly women farmers, recognized during the United Nations Year of the Woman Farmer—to cultivate lasting prosperity.
Every fruit tree planted nourishes families for generations.
Every orchard creates jobs and sustainable income.
Every tree restores soil health, conserves water, supports biodiversity, sequesters carbon, and helps address the global climate crisis.
Agriculture becomes not simply a means of survival, but a pathway to peace.
United Nations Inaugural Global Garden for Food Security — May 2002
The Isaiah Wall, New York City
Planting Our Global Roots
One garden at a time…
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Afghanistan
Kandahar, Afghanistan
2002-Present
Facilitated the removal of over 100,000 landmines/UXO and planted over 8 million fruit trees with Roots of Peace
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California, Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco, California
Fisherman’s & Seaman’s Memorial Interfaith Chapel
“Olive Tree of Peace”
Earth Day 2024
Gary Kühn, Richard Armanino
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California, Napa Valley
Yountville, Napa Valley
California Veterans Home of Napa Valley
November 11, 2011
11-11–11
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Croatia
Dragalic, Croatia
Turning ‘Mines to Vines’—minefields to grapevines
January 2000
Heidi Kuhn walked her first minefield in Croatia where there were 1.2 million landmines after The Balkan War.
Working with Croatian-born Miljenko ‘Mike’ Grgich, Roots of Peace restored the vineyards, and helped Croatia become a top tourist destination today.
Ann Laurence, Heidi Kühn
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Guatemala
Western Highlands, Guatemala
Onion Fields for Juanita Chiroy
January 2026
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India
Kolkata, India
Rotary Mahanagar Netralaya
November 2023
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Italy
Asissi, Italy
Olive Tree of Peace
June 2022
Sister City of San Francisco & Assisi
Mayor of Assisi Stefania Proietti, Richard Armanino, Gary Kühn
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Vietnam
Quang Tri, Vietnam
Cam Lo District
January 2020
Turning ‘Mines to Vines’—former battlefields of The Vietnam War converted into black pepper vines
Global Garden in Guatemala helps farmer grow onions, support her family, and stay on her land
The first Global Garden in Guatemala, launched by the Heidi Kuhn Global Peace Foundation in collaboration with Roots of Peace, supports smallholder farmer Juanita Chiroy with the technical training and agricultural equipment needed to increase onion crop yields and income.
With improved farming tools, irrigation support, and crop management techniques, Juanita is now earning a higher and more stable income—allowing her to provide for her five children and build long-term economic security in her community.
While many farmers in Guatemala are forced to migrate to the United States due to lack of economic opportunity, Juanita can now remain on her ancestral land, strengthening local agriculture and creating a sustainable future for her family.
The Global Garden model demonstrates how agriculture-driven peacebuilding, farmer empowerment, and investment in local food systems can reduce forced migration and support families where they live.
We plant a white rose to plant hope.
Cultivating the world we want to live in, one seed at a time.
We see a world where peace takes root.
Our Global Roots
Inspiring Peace to Bloom Worldwide—One Garden at a Time…
As our world grows from 8 billiion people today to nearly 10 billion by 2050, feeding humanity will become one of our greatest shared responsibilities.
Global Gardens for Food Security is a worldwide movement inviting every citizen to become a steward of the earth. Whether you plant herbs on a windowsill, vegetables in a backyard, fruit trees in an orchard, or cultivate fields that nourish entire communities, every garden matters.
Each seed planted restores hope, strenthens food security, protects the environment, and brings people together through the universal language of agriculture.
As America celebrates its 250th Anniversary, Global Gardens for Food Security renews the enduring spirit of the Victory Garden for the twenty-first century. We invite governments, universities, philanthropic organizations, businesses, faith communities, and civil society to join this collaborative effort to plant hope where it is needed most.
The seed of peace is planted in both the soil and the soul of humanity. During the United Nations Year of the Woman Farmer, we have an unprecedented opportunity to nurture this vision by empowering the women who feed the world, strengthening families, restoring our planet, and cultivating lasting peace through agriculture.
Together, we can grow a future where every fruit tree planted nourishes generations, every orchard strengthens communities, every field restores the earth, and every harvest becomes a testament to humanity’s shared capacity for peace.
Join Us in Cultivating Peace Through Agriculture
Your support fuels all three pillars of our work—supporting U.C. Berkeley Kuhn Initaitiive for Post-Conflict Development Studies, advancing research and global leadership; supporting Roots of Peace and our ‘Mines to Vines’ initiative; expanding food security through Global Gardens championing women in agriculture as agents of regeneration of soil and soul.
By donating, you help communities grow their own nourishment, strengthen the evidence and innovation behind Peace Through Agriculture, and elevate the women farmers restoring land and livelihoods worldwide. Every contribution—large or small—plants a seed of hope, helping us build a more resilient, informed, and regenerative future for all. PAX AGRIULTURA!
The ‘white rose’ is our torch—a beacon of hope—shining light on one of humanity’s greatest opportunities: investing in agriculture. Just as a single rose begins with a tiny bud, every investment in healthy soil, farmers, and food security has the power to blossom into lasting peace.
The White Rose reminds us that when we nurture the earth, we nourish humanity. Together, let us carry this torch forward, planting seeds of hope, cultivating abundance, and inspiring a more peaceful world for generations to come. Join us, as we plant ‘Peace Through Agriculture’…