Curt Bowen
The Idea
Organization
Semilla Nueva
More than a billion people across the world get most of their nutrition from maize. It’s not very nutritious. Thsi si compounded by undiversified diets in Central America and Africa.
About Curt
Curt grew up on an organic farm in Idaho. He studied rural and environmental development at Whitman College. After graduating, Curt moved to Guatemala—a country where 75% of the population lived in poverty and 50% of children were stunted or malnourished. He drove across the country to plant alongside farmers and find out what could be done to improve the lives of their families. He saw that people ate mostly maize-based foods. These foods needed to be turned into a new vehicle to deliver critical nutrients to people. In 2011, Curt founded Semilla Nueva to do that and end malnutrition in Guatemala.
