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Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) provides farming families in Central America with the training and tools to preserve our planet's tropical forests while overcoming poverty.

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Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) has worked with families in rural farming communities in Belize , Honduras , Nicaragua and Panama since 1997. Using organic vegetable gardens, wood-conserving stoves, community loan funds and a host of other projects, SHI's local field trainers work together with families, individuals and communities to dramatically improve their quality of life while restoring the environment. Our five-phase approach to solving the agricultural, ecological and economic problems of Central America is innovative, hands-on and long-term.

We understand the importance of small-scale farming. Small-scale farming allows local farmers and communities, rather than factory farms and international corporations, to decide what food will be produced and how it will be sold. Small-scale farming also encourages sustainable techniques that improve quality of living for farmers and laborers, and restores the natural environment.


There are five key elements that make Sustainable Harvest International's projects stand out:

1) SHI provides long-term assistance to make sure the programs that we introduce actually take root in the communities. Our projects typically last from three to five years.

2) SHI uses a varied approach to selecting and working with communities, including invitation by community members, choosing communities based on socio-economic and environmental conditions, and communities’ own level of interest.

3) Sustainable Harvest International operates as a skeletal organization with low administrative overhead.

4) SHI understands that effective development and ecological solutions come from the grassroots level. We work to empower local individuals and promote cooperative sharing of knowledge and resources. This allows local individuals and families to learn from each other and become more independent, rather than rely on outside aid, an unfortunate but common occurrence in international development.

5) SHI focuses on building localized communities that require minimal input from external factors or resources.

Updates and Donor Comments

  1. Robert SprafkinRobert Sprafkin 03/25/2009 at 07:13 AM ET
    In honor of Martha Copithorne
  2. Christina HermanChristina Herman 03/24/2009 at 08:32 PM ET
    Sustainable Harvest does terrific work. If only all international 'development' dollars were used so well!
  3. Espresso BlocEspresso Bloc 03/24/2009 at 07:32 PM ET
    To promote an organic bounty of plants, like coffee trees and companion plants, and helping independent people and farms to get involved in the growth of plants that will incur income and organic practices. L. Bailey Jean, Proprietor Espresso Bloc
  4. Christina BechererChristina Becherer 03/18/2009 at 12:04 PM ET
    SHI provides a hand-up rather than a hand-out, so the results truly are sustainable. In the words of SHI-Honduras Participant Vicenta Mejía, “I really like working in agriculture, but you can imagine what it’s like having the land but no seeds and no tools for working. That’s why my husband and I decided to work with SHI, because they supply us with the knowledge - how to plant, how to fertilize - and they provide us with the seeds. So what more could we ask for? All we need is our hands and the decision to make changes in our lives, for our own well-being and that of the environment. Since I’ve been working with Sustainable Harvest, I’ve been able to improve my children’s nutrition because before, all we had for food was rice and beans. Now we have cabbages, tomatoes, sweet peppers, cucumbers, mustard-seed, onions, beets and carrots. So we’re better off because we don’t need to buy anything anymore and we can even manage to sell part of what we harvest.”
  5. Jeff SchonerJeff Schoner 03/12/2009 at 05:25 PM ET
    I've seen first hand the amazing and important work this organization does on two Smaller World trips!

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