Sustainable Harvest International

MARCH 12, 2025

2024 was a year of new partnerships and growth for Sustainable Harvest International (SHI). New Initiatives In October 2024, a documentary on SHIs agroecology efforts in Central America premiered. We also successfully completed Promoter4Change, our innovative pilot project that serves as the basis for the TREE program.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 1, 2023

However, my rain appreciation grew deeper this year after my partner John and I installed a 1,650-gallon rain harvest system at our house. A rain harvester rule of thumb is that 1 inch of rain on 1 square foot yields 0.6 These natural drip points are the easiest entry point for rain harvesting.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 27, 2025

Decolonizing African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology and the Need for Radical Transformation by William G. But he believes that there is a new way forward, advocating for a transformation that supports agroecology, rural communities, and networks of smaller cities. Moseley In Decolonizing African Agriculture , William G.

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Daily Yonder

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

These farmers are pushing forward the practices of agroforestry, agroecology, and regenerative agriculture, accelerating the movement to farm with nature instead of seeking to bend it to their will. But they can’t do it alone. In the U.S., Department of Agriculture. on public-sector agricultural research.

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Sustainable Harvest International

OCTOBER 2, 2024

SHI regenerative farmers in Central America harness the power of nature to produce abundant harvests, reforest the tropics, and contribute to global climate action. Agroecological practices take a holistic approach, promoting the health of crops and the surrounding environment that supports them.

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Food Politics

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This also came in a e-mail, this time a press release from Chocolate Scorecard , a group that rates chocolate companies on practices related to traceability, wages, child labor, deforestation, agroecology, etc. Its key messages: Sustainability claims of chocolate companies cannot necessarily be trusted.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

There are many different schools of thought or different methodologies that people embrace as we do our farm work, and I have borrowed from many, but my favorite is agroecology. Agroecology is an integrated approach that combines ecological and social principles for sustainable agriculture and food systems.

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Sustainable Harvest International

AUGUST 16, 2022

Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) has been selected to participate in the inaugural Reimagining the Future of Global Development moonshot accelerator co-hosted by Day One Project and UnlockAid. The accelerator brings together organizations with scalable solutions to our world’s biggest challenges.

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Sustainable Harvest International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Love Tropics, an annual Minecraft charity livestream event, has chosen to support Sustainable Harvest International and the partnering community of Santa Martha, Belize, for this year’s event. You can also follow the journey online, and be sure to tune in to our Interim Executive Director’s interview on November 4th at 9am EST!

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

The cattle, which were artificially inseminated by students in the spring, will eventually be harvested at a USDA plant and incorporated into the fine dining menu at the college’s student-run campus restaurant, Capstone Kitchen. Red Angus cows help students learn about agroecology at Walla Walla Community College.

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Sustainable Harvest International

JULY 19, 2022

By: Florence Reed , Founder + Director of Sustainable Harvest International With the war in Ukraine, the global food crisis looms large, given that Ukraine is a major global exporter of both wheat and chemical fertilizers. The crisis in Ukraine reveals that now more than ever, we must embrace a food system grounded in local agroecology.

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Sustainable Harvest International

AUGUST 4, 2022

Sustainable Harvest International’s (SHI) new pilot project in Honduras offers an important and innovative solution to the region’s persistent issues of food insecurity and economic instability, two of the most critical reasons why hundreds of thousands of Central Americans abandon their rural communities every year. million trees.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 29, 2023

His vision has gotten a jump start through a partnership with Carbon Harvest. As part of a $20 million project led by the Kentucky-based nonprofit Accelerating Appalachia , Carbon Harvest will receive roughly $200,000 over two years to conduct research on the potential for a regional offset market.

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Sustainable Harvest International

APRIL 9, 2024

Agroforestry and agroecology are practices central to the regenerative agriculture efforts of Initiative 20x20 partner Sustainable Harvest International (SHI). When forests are restored, biodiversity returns and harvests increase as a result of the improved environmental conditions.

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ATTRA

MARCH 12, 2024

But did you know that our gardens have delectable green vegetables available for harvesting and consumption while we wait for the fruits to grow. Harvest the leaves when young and tender, as older leaves can be fibrous. Usually, you have them when harvesting large amounts of root carrots for storage.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

Prior to that, they had all either harvested by hand, an intensely laborious process, or hired someone with a combine. These cooperatives have allowed farmers to share equipment and infrastructure, including compost facilities, and have been integral in helping a growing number of farmers there adopt agroecological practices.

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Caff

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In the 19702, in the wake of the Bracero immigration program’s end, an economic downturn, market concentration, and new technological development, researchers at the University of California developed an industrial-scaled mechanical tomato harvester, which added fuel to the fire, pushing farmers “to get big or get out”.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Given their labor-intensive harvest and processing requirements, however, wild nuts largely fell out of favor as the country’s food system became more industrialized and commercial U.S. nut production became concentrated in California. There have been successes on each front.

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Food Tank

APRIL 2, 2024

These efforts encompass small scale farming, agroecology, agroforestry, and reforestation. They also operate a youth agricultural program to connect young people to the land and teach them about planting, harvesting, and preparing traditional foods. They have agriculture training, nutrition, education, and job creation programs.

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Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Sustainable Water Management Water Conservation Practices: Implementing methods like mulching, rainwater harvesting, and drought-resistant crops to reduce water usage. Efficient Irrigation Techniques: Irrigation optimization is crucial in regenerative agriculture.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

In response, the chapter centers agroecological solutions like enhanced soil health and diversified landscapes. from Chapter 21 of NCA5 Changes like sea level rise are resulting in the loss of culturally significant locations for subsistence harvesting. Fortunately, a focus on agroecological solutions has been gaining some traction.

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Sustainable Harvest International

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

2023 was an exciting 26th year for Sustainable Harvest International (SHI). Flo highlighted the need to work with smallholder farmers and discussed the many practices we use, including agroforestry and agroecology, that are sequestering carbon. In May, she spoke at the Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health’s (CA4SH) AIM for Climate Summit.

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Sustainable Harvest International

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In 2022, Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) celebrated 25 years of farming for a just and sustainable future by honoring the people and organizations who’ve made SHI’s work possible. Over the course of 2022, P4C trained 22 Community Agroecology Promoters across 5 communities in the department of Comayagua.

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Sustainable Harvest International

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Dave Cushing currently serves on Sustainable Harvest International’s Board of Directors where he has led efforts to expand SHI’s impact as the co-chair of the Scale Task Force since 2018. Dave first became a supporter of SHI in the early 2000s, not long after its founding in 1997, when he attended a “friendraiser” for SHI in Boston.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The challenge facing the scientists now is the removal of the PFAS from the hemp plants once they’re harvested. It seems to have almost an unlimited capacity to absorb things out of the environment.” This year,” says Stanley, “We’re sending samples to the University of Minnesota to test breaking [the hemp] down and turning it into biofuels.”

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 1, 2023

From climate risks to better work-life balance, a small but growing contingent of farmers is giving up summer crops to reap winter’s harvest. Some Farmers Are Skipping Tomatoes and Eggplants. Their Reasons May Surprise You.

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Share Food Program

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

You can support Philly Forests by donating to their Black History Month Fundraiser or joining their CSA —2023’s harvest season begins May 23 and they have a SNAP-eligible option. Read more → Soil Generation’s Agroecology From the People Land Based Jawns “ Land Based Jawns is rooted in Spirit and the many spiritual practices of our ancestors.”

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The Equation

APRIL 18, 2023

Food that is grown with agroecological practices by small and midsize farmers, harvested by farmworkers who are paid fairly and have labor protections, and distributed locally or regionally to all communities is key to healthy lives and a healthy planet.

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Share Food Program

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Growing Food from Seed to Harvest; 3. Agroecology: Understanding Sustainable Plant & Soil Science; and 4. In the spirit of back-to-school, we’ll be sharing Nice Roots’ Farm-to-School curriculum in a series of four lessons: 1. Food Justice, Land Sovereignty and Deconstructing the Food System; 2.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Hub of Prosperity ventures into different water conservation methods with a 3,000-gallon rainwater harvest tank and drip irrigation. Experimenting with water conservation practices at the UTRGV Agroecology Garden and the Hub of Prosperity farm helps our community understand the importance of implementing water conservation projects.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 27, 2023

Her main planting season runs from April through late June, and she no longer spends 10-hour days planting, harvesting, and selling at farmers’ markets in the summer. Harvesting for and packing the roughly 40 boxes she sold last year takes about four days but only needs to happen once a month. Last month, she even took a vacation. “I

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

More than just an explicit set of production practices, this way of farming is known as “agroecology”, and refers to working with, rather than against, nature. Alternative Proteins Mattia Marinello, farm owner and operator, collects snails for harvest. Snails live in pens that measure 3m x 40m, as shown here.

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Sustainable Food Trust

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Twenty-five leading philanthropies issued a joint call for a step-change in funding for regenerative and agroecological approaches, which currently receive just $44bn of the $250-430bn they need. After all, by then, we will be at the end of 2025, with just four harvests left to go until we hit – or miss – those aspirational 2030 targets.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 19, 2024

If that same land was producing a harvest of potatoes, a typical crop for the area, farmers could expect, based on 2020 prices , to have received approximately $736.56 (CDN) per metric ton from their harvests. Now, they absorb up to 16 inches of rain per hour,” says Jack Algiere, director of agroecology at Stone Barn.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Through captivating case studies, Thurow’s hopeful book showcases farmers who have boldly gone against the grain of modern agriculture orthodoxy and are instead embracing regenerative practices—like agroecology and permaculture—that restore soil health, enhance biodiversity, and promote resilience against climate change.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JULY 16, 2024

Board members also visited the North Carolina Agriculture and Technology (A&T) University Center for Post Harvest Technologies and the North Carolina Food Innovation Lab. Several policy priorities were discussed, including progress on the Board’s ‘Relevance and Adequacy’ evaluation of USDA’s precision nutrition efforts.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

Mexico’s challenge has also bolstered its standing as hemispheric leader of an agroecology movement gaining momentum across the global south. “If But whatever its judgment, the US-Mexican dispute has put a needed spotlight on mounting global concern about the consolidation of a food system dominated by a handful of biotech and chemical firms.

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