Farming
The growing of healthy land and family legacies
20% of Haiti’s land is suitable for agriculture
50% of all jobs in Haiti are held in agriculture, and these jobs provide many benefits for the people
Hiring Farmers
We offer employment and training through various farming projects known as demonstration farms, providing practical skill development and stability. Farmers are involved in all aspects of farming, including preparing the soil, planting, watering, weeding, harvesting, storing, and selling. Our farmers have steady employment, allowing them to support their families. Farmers learn practical and effective farming techniques, which they can transfer to their own personal fields. This way, the skill development that we provide multiplies to other individuals and farms.
Our Practical Solutions
Improving Farming Practices
We practice effective farming techniques such as the double dig method, which leads to soft, well-aerated soil, and drip irrigation, which allows water to target plants and limits weed growth. Our fields have been able to produce nutritious crops based on these methods.
We offer training sessions for farmers to learn about these techniques and to put them in practice.
7
Employed Farmers
20+
Seasonal Workers on the Farm
Replenishing the Soil
Over the generations, farming soils in Haiti have been depleted of valuable nutrients needed for optimal plant growth. Because of this, we have worked hard to improve the soil in its fields. With pig manure from our pig farm, wood shavings and chips from our carpentry workshops, and by rotating crops on our fields, these techniques work together to replenish and build the soil into nutritious, life-giving earth where plants thrive.
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Pigs on our farm
Growing Local Crops
We grow nutritious fruits and vegetables for distribution in local markets. As people have access to these local crops, food security rises. Families can buy local, healthy foods instead of being dependent on unreliable, expensive, and often unhealthy imports.
We grow plants such as plantains, tomatoes, bell peppers, hot peppers, beans, rice, papaya, pigeon peas, corns, cassava
10+
Local crops
3430 kg
Food harvested in 2022