Moeda Selected Seed — Seed Women of the Contestado Land
If you’ve been reading this far, you’ve probably noticed that most of the projects for Moeda’s Pilot Seed Program have to do with bakeries or baked goods in some capacity. But if you were a wannabe baker in Brazil, and even if you had the location, the raw materials and resources, and the know-how to run your own bakery, where could get the equipment for it, like racks, ovens, freezers, and utensils?
The seventh project of Moeda’s program, the Seed Women of the Contestado Land, will be likely be the ones to help you get those materials and get your bakery off the ground.
The project’s name is a reference to the Contestado War, in which settlers in the Santa Catarina region (the project is based in Lebon Regis) fought their oppressive landowners over one hundred years ago. The sixteen members of the Seed Women have not forgotten their history, and as such wish to do their part to help others build their own businesses and protect them from debt and foreclosure. They will receive 207,430 USD in Moeda microloans to give bakers across Brazil the tools they need to get going.
The sustainable development goals that are a part of this project include increasing gender equality, providing decent work opportunities and economic growth, overseeing infrastructural and industrial growth, reducing inequality, and using partnerships to achieve such goals. To some history is irrelevant, but to others it can be the spark to bring positive change in the world even today. For more, check the following:
