By Shannon Smith | Systems Manager
In our last update, we were celebrating doubling our capacity at the waste treatment sites. We are still continuing to build even more capacity, but today we are celebrating something else: SOIL is sold out of compost!
Haiti is a food insecure country, and we are thrilled that this resource is getting into the hands of farmers around the country. Not only does compost increase harvests, it is great for water retention, soil restoration, and it even stores carbon. Which means that with every sack of compost that SOIL sells, Haiti is becoming a little more resistant to droughts, floods that wash away topsoil, climate change, and food insecurity.
While our compost sales subsidize our waste treatment facilities, we certainly aren’t earning a profit since safe waste treatment in a country with little infrastructure is a very expensive project. We can’t thank you enough for supporting us in providing sanitation and making compost.
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