Category: Ag/Farming
Study Shown UN Brought CHOLERA to Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Forbes.com By TRENTON DANIEL and JONATHAN M. KATZ , 06.29.11, 09:13 PM EDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Evidence “strongly suggests” that a United Nations peacekeeping mission…
Heavy wind and waves flip over Haitian ferry; 5 dead as officials look for 7 others missing
Washington Post: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian authorities are looking for seven people missing after a ferry capsized in a bay west of Haiti’s capital. Five…
HAITI SOCIO-ECONOMIC POLICY JOB CREATION PROPOSAL
SUBMITTED b User name eduj on June 27th HAITI SOCIO-ECONOMIC POLICY JOB CREATION PROPOSAL Haiti is one the poorest country in the world. Approximately 70%…
Haitian-American teen is company CEO
Leanna Archer is one of dozens of people taking part in the Women in Production trade fair and marketplace at the Miami Beach Convention Center…
Ni Noir ni Mulâtre
La faim n’a pas de couleur sinon que la turbulence des trippes vides qui ne ratent jamais l’occasion de se faire entendre à l’occasion des…
UN project shows how trees help halt desertification
By Mark Kinver Science and environment reporter, BBC News A UN-led pilot scheme hopes to highlight how trees can help people in arid zone, considered…
Plantules: Fruitiers, Forestiers et Bambou “Quantité substantielle”
100 Rue Lambert Petion-Ville Haiti * Email:. maxitech.haiti@yahoo.com * Tel:. (509) 2813-1347 Nous vous offrons la possibilité de participer à la reforestation du pays et…
Direct hit on stricken Haiti is US hurricane centre chief’s top worry for 2011 storm season
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The director of the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Friday that Haiti’s ability to respond to a tropical storm while still…
Evacuations in Haiti as lake overflows its banks
By RAMON ESPINOSA SacBEE: Associated Press Published: Sunday, Jun. 5, 2011 – 11:18 am Last Modified: Sunday, Jun. 5, 2011 – 3:53 pm THOMAZEAU, Haiti…
Haiti’s incredible coffee La Colombe’s founder means to create demand for amazing beans.
By Melissa Dribben Philly Inquirer Staff Writer In early April, two weeks before she opened her latest restaurant, Talula’s Garden, Aimee Olexy, crowned royalty of…
Rising food prices increase squeeze on poor – Oxfam
BBC: Rising food prices are tightening the squeeze on populations already struggling to buy adequate food, demanding radical reform of the global food system, Oxfam…
Fighting hunger in hard-to-reach parts of Haiti
By TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press Where the road gave way to trails, the hunger-hunters parked their motorcycle and hiked for more than an hour up…
Redynamiser la production caféière haïtienne
La Nouvelliste Haïti: Connu comme l’un des plus grands producteurs et exportateurs de café du monde, Haïti a vu chuter sa production depuis un certain…
Haitian Coffee: Brewing Again City Restaurants Begin Carrying Hand-Picked Beans From the Troubled Island
By SUMATHI REDDY WSJ.com Gabriel Kreuther, chef at Danny Meyer’s Modern restaurant, sniffed and swirled and sipped. “This has a beautiful after taste, there is…
24 hour deployable concrete tents back in the news as disasters mount
(PhysOrg.com) — First imagined and created back in 2007 by two University engineering students who met at the Royal College of Art in London, Will…
Heinz nurtures vitamin-deficient Haitian young
By Jill King Greenwood PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW When women in Haiti stop nursing their babies, it doesn’t take long for malnutrition to set in. Breast-feeding typically…
Haiti Mango Growere Provide Sweet Relief To Growers in Need
Haiti’s king of fruit – the Francis mango – is taking the throne at Whole Foods Market. For a limited time, shoppers will find this…
Haiti again feels pinch of rising food prices
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Marie Bolivar, a gray-haired woman with a raspy voice, crushes peanuts into paste for sandwiches which she sells by the roadside for…
The scam behind the rise in oil, food prices Speculation on the futures market, rather than supply and demand, is driving up costs, analysts say.
Danny Schechter Al Jazeera The global economy and its recovery, and the living standards of millions of plain folks, are now at risk from the…
World Bank president: ‘One shock away from crisis’
The president of the World Bank has warned that the world is “one shock away from a full-blown crisis”. Robert Zoellick cited rising food prices…