Photos from the Field

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Partners Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) volunteers have been out working all over Latin America and the Caribbean, helping to improve agricultural production, processing, marketing, and environmental management. Below are some recent photos from the field... 

Vanessa Campoverde examining plants with a host in Guatemala

Maria Moreno (center, wearing F2F hat) and Rick Hall (back) 
with students from the Jarabacoa Environmental School 
in the Dominican Republic
Dan Culbert (left) and Shawn Steed (center), with Jorge Dieguez,
producer and owner of La Floresta (right) in Guatemala

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