To look back at my experience in Haiti and say that it was amazing, would be an understatement. There isn’t just one word that comes to mind when I think back to my time in Haiti. It was an overwhelmingly satisfying moment in my life. I was constantly challenged and constantly learning new things, which… more →

Most of what you hear about Haiti is centered on its poverty, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Most people don’t know about their significant role in the emancipation of slavery in this part of the world. Haiti was the first independent African-Caribbean nation, gained through its revolution in 1804, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Haitian-Revolution, from France. This… more →

Zanmi Kafe is the name given to the relationship that was forged between various participants from the University of the South and the forty-farmer co-operative in Bois Joli, Haiti. The association began with this group of farmers, through the Haitian organization, Zanmi Agrikol https://partnersinag.org/ and its educational affiliate CFFL, the Center for Formation Fritz Lafontant, seven… more →

Eight Haitian interns from the Center for Formation Fritz Lafontant (CFFL) school located at the Zanmi Agrikol https://partnersinag.org/ facility in Corporant, Haiti; six interpreters and graduates of CFFL; two professional agronomists also from CFFL; two Haitian cooks, fourteen undergraduate students and four staff members from Sewanee and five mules, formed the procession that made its annual… more →

Praying with Mary in Haiti   My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; * for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: * the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name.… more →

Kate Perry C’17, addressed the Monteagle/Sewanee Rotary Club on September 28 about her work with the Haiti Institute in Sewanee (HIS). She is a post-baccalaureate fellow in the Department of Biology. Kate is compiling and analyzing data on the progress of certain plant species, collected by Outreach Trip students over their Spring Break, from the… more →

The Question Remaining At the end of my summer in Haiti, I am stuck with a question, which I have come to see that many others in the line of agroforestry technology have been stuck with. Why is it not easier? This may seem like a simple-minded question, but it racks at me. The technology… more →

On Friday night we had a party, shindig, get together- whatever you would like to call it. Everyone invited the members on their different teams and jess invited many of her Haitian friends. Around 30 people showed up! At first it was a bit separated between the interns and the Haitians due to the language… more →

One of the books I was fortunate to read this summer was Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations. As the title suggests, the book followed this historical evolution of agriculture, and in parallel, the rise and fall of the myriad new agrarian societies that popped up all over the globe. The book is exhaustive in details… more →