Category: Ag/Farming
Haitian Artists Capture the Spirit of Earth Day
Five Haitian artists offer a contribution to Earth Day with creations that celebrate trees. Most of the images coming out of Haiti at the moment…
Get ready for one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, forecasters say
Conditions in the Pacific and ultra-warm Atlantic are ripe for a harvest of tropical storms, forecasters are warning by Anthony R. Wood Published Apr. 19, 2024,…
Calling for the Agricultural Revival of Haiti
Calling for the Agricultural Revival of Haiti We urgently appeal to you for support so that the work of the Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA) can…
Supreme Tobacco Haiti Now Shipping Bohekio Maduro
Seven months after it debuted during the 2023 PCA Convention & Trade Show, Supreme Tobacco Haiti has started shipping its newest release. The new Bohekio Maduro…
Four Stories of Hope and Possibility From Haiti
We would like to end the year with four stories from the Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA) in Haiti that offer hope and suggest possibility…
Planting Trees in Haiti to Help Save the Planet
According to Dr. Thomas Crowther, professor of ecology at the Swiss university ETH Zurich, we seem to being planting trees the right way in Haiti….
Supporting and Saving the New Regenerative Revolution
A radically new approach to farming is taking the agricultural world by storm, but it is already under attack from greenwashing. This new methodology has…
Haitian Farmers Play Key Role in New Global Agricultural Movement
A network of small farms in rural Haiti is at the forefront of a new global agricultural movement called regenerative agriculture. That this should be…
Seeding Change in Haiti
A young Haitian tree planter was chosen for the cover of The VF Foundation’s Third Annual Impact Report released last week. Included among the impressive examples…
Farmers United to Help Feed and Reforest Haiti
Haiti is a nation in chaos, but that is not the whole story. There is progress being made, even in the midst of the current…
Would you like to live longer? Consider planting a tree.
Put down the apple. It’s the tree that can help keep the doctor away. In urban areas, trees shade sidewalks, absorb air pollution, deaden traffic…
U.S. Blocks Dominican Republic Sugar Imports, Citing Forced Labor
NY Times: US authorities will block imports of sugar produced in the Dominican Republic by company Central Romana, on suspicion of forced labor at its…
COP27 : qui est Tony Rinaudo, l’homme surnommé le “faiseur de forêts” ?
Il s’appelle Tony Rinaudo et fait des “miracles”. Grâce à la technique de cet agronome, des millions d’arbres ont repoussé en plein désert. Il tente…
Food Sovereignty in Haiti – Part Two
his is the second installment of a two-part article. Click here to read part one. The gangs running rampant in Haiti have created a…
Food Sovereignty in Haiti – Part One
This is the first of a two-part article. Haiti is dependent on food from outside the country, despite being a nation of farmers with tremendous…
Learn About Regenerative Agriculture on Sept 21st in NYC
If you will be in New York City on September 21st, we would like to invite you to attend an in-person panel presentation at Columbia…
Personal Remembrance of Mikhail Gorbachev
I first met Mikhail Gorbachev in 1992 in Kyoto, Japan, when he was less than one year out of office. Although we went on to…
Magnolia species lost to science for 97 years rediscovered in Haiti
Conservationists find native magnolia for first time since 1925 after original habitat destroyed by deforestation A conservation team has rediscovered a native magnolia tree in…
U.S. Lawmakers Urge USAID to Ensure Food Security in Haiti
This week 41 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter to USAID Administrator Samantha Power urging her to act to ensure food…
Open Letter About Food Aid to Haiti
Dear Development Aid Agencies and International Institutions Active in Haiti, Our respective organizations provide a wide range of services in agriculture, healthcare and community development…