Sustainable Harvest Belize has partnered with local farming families since 1999 to find practical, sustainable strategies to improve well-being and local environmental health. 

With operations previously in the southern districts of the country, Sustainable Harvest International has expanded its impact north to the districts of Corozal and Orange Walk. The sugarcane industry and other large, conventional agricultural industries dominate the local economy. High deforestation rates and increasing development make this environmentally rich and biodiverse landscape an important focus.

Founded: 1999
Office: Corozal
Staff: 6
Graduated families: 247
Active families: 65

Sustainable Harvest Honduras is our largest and oldest program, noted for its commitment to community participation and empowerment.

Logging and slash-and-burn agriculture have destroyed or damaged large parts of Honduras’ once-pristine tropical forests.

Rugged mountains and hills cover close to 80% of Honduras’ land area, making agriculture a challenge for the local families who depend on it for sustenance and livelihoods.

Founded: 1997
Office: Siguatepeque
Staff: 8
Graduated families: 695
Active families: 199

Sustainable Harvest Panama started its work in the Coclé Province and the Lake Alajuela region, and has since expanded its work in and around the municipalities of La Pintada and Penonomé. 

Panama is a country challenged with soil erosion and siltation of the Panama Canal, environmental problems due to mining, and a mounting disparity of wealth. Vast areas of tropical forest and mangroves are being exploited for short-term material gain, threatening the thousands of native plant and animal species and families whose livelihoods depend on the health of local ecosystems.

Founded: 1998
Office: Penonomé
Staff: 10
Graduated families: 369
Active families: 118