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Sustainable Harvest International and Barkwheats Join Forces to Bring First Fair Trade Certified Pet Product to Market - Sustainable Harvest International (SHI), a Maine based non-profit that works with farmers in Central America to grow a variety of crops for organic, Fair Trade Markets, and Barkwheats, a Maine based pet treat company that produces organic dog biscuits, have collaborated on what is the first pet product ever to carry the Fair Trade Certified™ mark.
SHI Offers Fair Trade Chocolate Tours in Belize - As you sink your teeth into that decadent chunk of bitterly dark, Fair Trade chocolate, you can't help but thank the chocolate gods that such an indulgent treat was ever invented. And now you can take your thanks straight to the source. Sustainable Harvest Chocolate Tours allow you to see where your Fair Trade, organic chocolate comes from and how this incredibly important industry helps the communities it serves.
Earth Mother - "Every time I've been in a rainforest, every single time, I'm awed at the diversity and the abundance of life," says Florence Reed, founder of Sustainable Harvest International. "That makes me very motivated to do whatever little piece I can to make sure that, when the sun comes up, it will still be there." Reed witnessed the destruction of Central American rainforests firsthand while working with the Peace Corps and other nonprofits. She also saw the devastating effect of slash-and-burn agriculture (clearing the land, subsisting on what little will grow until the land is depleted, and then moving on to repeat the cycle elsewhere) on the farmers and their families. This experience affected her deeply, and in May 1997 she founded the nonprofit Sustainable Harvest International (SHI).
SHI Empowers Women in Central America - In a small, rural village of La Danta, Honduras, separated from the nearest town by a steep mountain road, live some 20 families who spent most of their lives relying on plots of corn and beans for sustenance. In 2002, ten women from those families decided it wasn't enough. They approached Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) and asked the Maine-based non-profit organization if they could teach them how to start a bakery.
Women Few and Far Between in Green Stratosphere - Based on a review of executive teams for Charity Navigator's 10 best managed environmental nonprofits, only one, Sustainable Harvest International, is led by a woman, Florence Reed. World's First Guaranteed Carbon Offset Company Carbonica Ltd Launches in the UK - Carbonica reforestation programs are carried out through partner companies in the United States and Central America, chiefly in association with Sustainable Harvest International.
Sustainable Harvest International Rejects Funding Opportunity from Petaquilla Copper, LTD. - Mining Company Sought Local Support for Large Development Project in Eco-sensitive Region of Panama
Local Culture as Part of the Green Experience - NY Times - Cotton Tree Lodge is working with Sustainable Harvest International to establish a demonstration farm to introduce the neighboring community to agricultural practices that have lower environmental impact, like organic pesticide-free growing and smokeless stoves for roasting cocoa beans.
Founder Flo Reed receives the "2007 Classic Woman Award" from Traditional Home Magazine - A sense of urgency drives Florence Reed. By some estimates, an acre of the rain forest she has dedicated her life to preserving is lost every second. Florence came to love nature early, hiking and camping as she grew up in the Northeast. She joined the Peace Corps immediately after college and was stationed in Central America. What she saw there-a destructive cycle of traditional slash-and-burn farming in which ash is used as fertilizer but soon washes away, degrading the earth-led her to found Sustainable Harvest International (SHI).
Sustainable Harvest Nicaragua to Break Ground at Center for Families and the Environment - Thanks to a generous anonymous donation, Sustainable Harvest Nicaragua will soon be able to start construction of the Center for Families and the Environment.
Food Shortages Bring More Families to SHI - As global market trends push food prices out of reach of the most impoverished families, SHI helps farmers to sustainably increase crop production in their own communities.
2 Million Trees and Counting! - Subsistence farmers fight climate change by restoring forests.
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