This past Monday morning, our team of interns and agronomists started the day bright and early to begin our hike up to Bois Jolie. Since we first arrived in Haiti, I have been anticipating this day. We were finally going to start our economic surveys. As part of the research we are conducting this summer,… more →
Coffee
Coffee, Zanmi Kafe
Berries
Jean Nelson examining his coffee berries, Bois Jolie, Haiti, March, 2016. Micharie running errands at dusk, while berries ripen on her mother’s coffee bushes (Mita Simone), Bois Jolie, Haiti, 6:30 PM, March 14, 2016.
Coffee, trip logs, Zanmi Agrikol, Zanmi Kafe
Scientist?
The Fabled Li-Cor [photo: Mansell Ambrose] Exposure to new ideas and disciplines has been one of the profound joys of this internship. Not only have I had the opportunity to be immersed in a completely different culture and language, but I have been challenged in my own intellectual viewpoints. Coming into college I embodied the indecision… more →
Coffee, trip logs, Zanmi Agrikol, Zanmi Kafe, Zanmi Lasante
I Left My Heart in Bois Jolie
It’s hard to believe, but for the Zanmi Kafe Interns of the Sewanee Haiti Institute our time here is almost over. The past five weeks have been an incredible adventure for all of us. We’ve accomplished so much, completing our respective research projects despite constant setbacks and continuously difficult circumstances. We’ve modified our studies to… more →
Coffee, trip logs, Zanmi Kafe
Kafe
As the sun rises between the misty mountains, the rooster crows informing the town that it is time to awaken. Shortly after, you can hear the “swish, swish” of the broom sweeping the pavement. Before the sun has fully risen, the streets and markets are bustling with people and conversations. Mornings are my favorite time… more →
Coffee, Zanmi Kafe
Ants…
Effaizien Sorting Out Ants. Bois Jolie. 2015. [photo: Hunter Swenson] Scott Summer Holding Ant Collection Tubes. Bois Jolie, 2015. [photo: Hunter Swenson] In 1788 Haiti was responsible for half the worlds coffee supply. Yesterday at Bois Jolie, I spent the morning with the biodiversity team, one part of the Zamni Kafe team. It was extremely… more →
Coffee, trip logs, Zanmi Kafe
Adventures in Photosynthesis; or Let There Be Light
Donkey carrying the LI 6400XT Portable Photosynthesis and Fluorescence System down the mountain from Bois Jolie. [Photo: Mansell Ambrose] As I sat here, pouring over the results of my research from the past several weeks, I realized that I haven’t exactly explained what I am doing here, working with Zanmi Kafe. Everyone here is basically… more →
Coffee, trip logs
Present vs Future
Mirebalais market thoroughfare, Haiti, June 2015 [photo: Mansell Ambrose] As a foreigner it seems wherever you go in Haiti there is always someone who will ask you either for money or food. The questions come in all shapes and sizes; whether it be a woman running after you in the city-street, an old man in… more →
Coffee
Spotted in Stores: Haitian Coffee
La Colombe Workshop HAITI: MARE BLANCE Coffee While perusing the selection of coffee offered at a Whole Foods in Washington, D.C., I stumbled upon a bag of single origin coffee from Mare Blanche, Haiti: Roasted by La Colombe, the coffee is for sale in stores as well as online. The description online reads: The United… more →
Coffee, News, Zanmi Agrikol
Watch this video of Spring Break ’14!
This March, 22 Sewanee students, faculty, and staff traveled to Haiti to participate in the 2014 Haiti Outreach Trip. It was an incredible trip and the Sewanee students did so much work to help Zanmi Kafe. Watch this video of the trip that one of the stellar students, Emmie Oliver, made. Peligre and Prestige Make… more →