It’s avocado and cashew season in Haiti! People from all over the mountains are eating avocados and bringing us the seeds to plant new trees.
Avocado seed delivery!
Cashew seeds in their shells
So many locals now value our reforestation project because they can clearly see the difference it makes. For example, our Mangoes planted 6 years ago provide an ample supply of fruit for a family all summer and are worth more than 20 cents each in the local market. (Just to give you an idea, laborers earn about 2.75$ a day). Because the country is now so deforested, those who have fruit trees have something that is quite valuable, and they know it!
This week we will be planting and mixture of 6000 avocado, cashew, and Haitian Oak trees. After two months they will be ready to everyone to take them home and plant them on their own land.
