Virginia Ñuñonca, an extraordinary Peruvian farmer, was already living in poverty when climate change began to worsen her family’s situation. That’s when Sra. Ñuñonca took the initiative. She used new irrigation and planting techniques to transform her fields. Her success has inspired others, winning national attention as a leading indigenous farmer and an advocate for women’s equality.
Sra. Ñuñonca is travelling outside of Peru for the first time to share her story in the United States. Her tour is in support of a new Oxfam campaign calling on food companies to help reduce their harmful emissions and ask for other companies and governments to do the same.
Meet Sra. Ñuñonca at: Dana 2560, noon, Friday June 6th RSVP: jblesh@umich.edu
