Zanmi Kafe- Sustainable Agroforestry and Payments for Ecosystem Services in Haiti Zanmi Kafe (Partners in Coffee) represents a collaborative effort between Sewanee, the NGOs Partners in Health and Partners in Agriculture, and farmers to establish diverse and more sustainable tree-based agroecosystems in the deforested central plateau region of Haiti through the reintroduction of shade-grown coffee.… more →
While on a quick trip to Cange, Haiti in January, I had the opportunity to reconnect with old friends. Pradip and I got to spend part of a rainy evening chatting with Pere Fritz Lafontant and His daughter Marie Flore Chipps. Pere has lived in the Central Plateau for almost all of his adult life… more →
This past month, I along with several students and faculty from Sewanee had the opportunity to return to Bois Jolie and visit the homes of the four families in that village who have partnered with the Zanmi Foto project. It was a wonderful experience to be greeted as old friends and sit in the shade… more →