Growing Knowledge & Building Partnerships

Here are some more photos from the small animal and beekeeping project in Haiti. Please see the previous blog entry to read about the trip. Enjoy the photos! Above: Speaking with sisters at Signeau, at their new rabbitry. Volunteer Myriam Kaplan-Pasternak helped them establish the rabbitry the previous week. The rabbits looked good - plenty of water, in the shade, eating their forage. They received their first next box and will hopefully begin breeding soon. Young rabbits enjoying some fruit near Cap Haitien. Commercial production rabbitry and Makouti rabbit training center. This site provides a good demonstration for producers. Group of young leaders from the community of Grand Boulage (South of Haiti) visiting rabbitries in Cap Haitien and receiving training from Makouti technicians in rabbit production, thanks to the Friends of Haiti. The Farmer to Farmer Program works with producers in the mountainous village of Grand Boulage. Every month, community leaders from various (...

Peggy Carlson , Program Director, and I recently traveled to Haiti to visit our local Chapter, staff, and ongoing projects. Please see below some photos and a brief summary of our trip. We hope this blog will be enjoyed by upcoming volunteers, returned volunteers and for all those who are interested in agriculture in Haiti . [photo: view of Aquin from hotel] After our arrival in Port au Prince and some meetings there, we traveled throughout the South of Haiti (Signeau, Aquin, Les Cayes, Camp Perrin , Chantal, Jacmel, etc.) to meet with beekeepers who are involved with the program and also with farmers, association members, students, and others interested in learning more about involvement in the growing network of Haitian beekeepers. Through Farmer to Farmer and the efforts of Makouti Agro Enterprise, beekeepers in the North and increasingly in the South of Haiti are coming together to share experiences and solutions to their challenges. There is a wide spectrum of exp...

Partners of the America's Farmer to Farmer Program improves economic opportunities in rural areas of Latin America and the Caribbean by increasing food production and distribution and promoting better farm and marketing operations. The program focuses on select agricultural commodity chains and US volunteer experts provide specific technical assistance to small and medium-scale producers, agro-processors and others working at all levels of these chains. The Farmer to Farmer Program blends two goals: providing people-to-people level exchanges and promoting sustainable economic growth and development. This Farmer to Farmer Blog will connect our expert volunteers and provide a space to communicate experiences. Volunteers can post pictures, comments, reports and stories that they want to share with farmers and volunteers everywhere.