What is the Injera Project?
The Injera Project is a social enterprise reimagining how injera is made, shared, and valued — by empowering Ethiopian women, supporting smallholder teff farmers, and creating a climate-smart supply chain rooted in tradition and equity.
Why Injera?
Injera is more than a food — it’s a way of life. The traditional process of baking it is labor-intensive, polluting, and often left to women with limited options for financial independence. From collecting firewood, to grinding teff, and baking over smoky stoves, the process can take hours — every single day. The Injera Project introduces improved, culturally sensitive technologies and business models to shift this burden and create opportunity.
Our Approach
The Injera Project is dedicated to transforming the cultural and nutritional cornerstone of Ethiopian life — injera — into a force for equity, sustainability, and global access. Through a circular model that begins with smallholder teff farmers and ends with clean-energy cooperative bakeries, we aim to reduce the labor burden on women, elevate local economies, and preserve the heritage of injera-making in a modern world.
We work hand-in-hand with Ethiopian communities, starting in the village of Gemashe, to:
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Support ROC™ and USDA Organic transitions for teff farmers
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Build women-led injera cooperatives with safer baking methods
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Develop access to local and global markets for 100% teff injera
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Reinvest profits into community health, education, and climate resilience
