Creating sustainable jobs & clean burning biochar

My last update was about the planting of our sugar cane fields. This process has been successful, and the seasonal rains (hurricanes) have brought much needed moisture to the crops. 

In addition to the sugar cane, we have also introduced corn to the growing list of food crops. This crop along with our fields of tapioca, sweet potatoes, peanuts, pistachios and congo beans are enabling us to teach better farming techniques and providing a variety of food for the community. 

We were also able to plant 1,000 Cacia tree saplings, which in about a year will be able to be replanting on the denuded hillsides that surround our farming operation.

Each time we introduce a new crop it creates jobs for the locals in land clearing, preparation, planting and maintaining.

We rely on the seasonal rains for crops to grow and the cycle on the island is rain in late summer and early autumn followed by months with little moisture. Then in spring a new shorter rainy season followed months of drought. That is why getting the crops in the ground during this season is so important.

Another result that we see each season is the damage to the road through our farm from Bernaco to Boucantiste. The government has stopped maintainance of this 5 mile strip of road and have instead focused efforts on a road to our east.

For this reason we are looking to create jobs after the rains by equiping the locals, once again, to make what repairs they with shovels, rakes and picks. It is hard work, but work that they will gladly accept to make tansportation a little easier.

With your help we can continue to create jobs and help the locals. The more support we receive the more we can accomplish.

Thank you for all your past, present and future support.