A Holistic Approach
Our programs have profound and long-lasting impacts on:
food security,
farming families’ health,
soil restoration, and
biodiversity.
Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) has worked with
4,000 low-income farmers to
restore 30,000 acres and
plant over 5 million trees.
And we’re only getting started.
Five Areas of Impact
Our work contributes to many of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, including:
Regenerated land
We teach partner farmers how to restore the environment using practices such as:
environmental education,
diversified farm plots, and
reforested areas.
food security + sovereignty
Our efforts to improve food security and food sovereignty focus on providing access to nutritious and culturally relevant food through methods such as:
organic vegetable gardens,
grain silos,
irrigation systems, and
humane chicken coops.
climate resilient technologies
We provides climate resilient technologies to improve families’ health and sanitation while also protecting the environment. Technologies include:
wood-conserving stoves,
water filtration systems, and
composting latrines.
In addition to supporting farming families, we work with local schools to teach youth the importance of environmental protection and food security.
Youth workshops help us reach more families, amplifying our impact many times over.
Hear From Our Partner Farmers
Rosa Argueta, Honduras
Rosa creates and sells achiote, a paste made from the fruits of the tree behind her, at her local fair in Honduras. Rosa, like many other women farmers, support their families primarily through agriculture. Rosa feeds her family nutritious, organic food, then creates the achiote products with her excess harvest. “It’s a way to make things that we immediately use in our household,” says Rosa. Nothing is wasted, and everyone eats.
Demetrio Martinez Jr., Panama
Growing up, Demetrio saw his family burn the forest every year to grow crops, but they never grew enough to feed themselves well or sell for income. Demetrio later worked on a conventional rice plantation far from home, with meager pay, and the heavy use of chemicals made him sick. Now, he works on his own farm, has a diversified income, and a health survey affirmed that his family’s health is better than that of other families in the area.
