Canopy

SDG-driven nonprofit

Planting Hope, Growing Futures

We champion sustainable farming, restore ecosystems, and empower communities so food security, biodiversity, and equality can thrive. 🌱🌍

88K+ trees
5k+ farmers
3k+ women
Impact Pathways

Regeneration programs partners can back today

Farmer field schools, watershed stewardship, agroforestry corridors, and circular markets—each pathway is rooted in the same communities we serve on the ground.

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Season-long coaching for regenerative farming champions.

Farmer Field Schools

Demonstration plots, crop labs, and peer-led coaching that help smallholders adopt climate-smart practices without risking their harvest.

SDG 2 · Zero HungerSDG 5 · Gender EqualitySDG 13 · Climate Action
18Community clusters
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Catch, recharge, and govern shared water for climate resilience.

Water Stewardship

Watershed coalitions restore catchments, deploy nature-based infrastructure, and set up commons governance that keeps every farm hydrated.

SDG 6 · Clean Water & SanitationSDG 11 · Sustainable CitiesSDG 15 · Life on Land
42Check dams revived
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Tree-based livelihoods that stitch fragmented habitats back together.

Agroforestry Corridors

Farmer producer collectives establish biodiverse tree belts, steward nurseries, and earn from climate-smart agroforestry markets.

SDG 12 · Responsible ConsumptionSDG 13 · Climate ActionSDG 15 · Life on Land
1.1M+Trees stewarded
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Zero-waste agri-enterprises owned by rural producers.

Circular Markets

Producer-owned facilities turn farm residues into value-added products, green energy, and dignified jobs.

SDG 7 · Affordable & Clean EnergySDG 8 · Decent WorkSDG 12 · Responsible Consumption
12,500 MTWaste repurposed annually
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Farmers building a climate-safe grow shed from fallen areca palm trees

Impact Story • 2025

Turning fallen areca palms into zero-energy grow sheds

In the coastal villages around Mangalore, storms regularly knock down mature areca palm trees. Instead of burning the debris, our farmer collective now mills the fallen trunks into elegant latticework that becomes the frame of climate-safe grow sheds. Every structure is raised without fossil fuels—sun-dried beams, hand-woven shading, and rain-fed curing replace concrete and steel.

The shed pictured here was co-built by the women of Shanthigudde. Their story has become a blueprint for the 52 growers we have trained across the Mangalore region, helping regenerative crops thrive through intense heat and monsoon swings.

Farmers trained

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Cohorts in Mangalore now mentor nearby villages on sourcing fallen areca trunks and assembling shed frames.

Field voices

“This shed breathes like the forest. Our pepper vines kept fruiting even when the heat spiked.”

Meera, lead farmer trainer

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