Expanding Our Mission: Konparet For Schoolchildren

Forty-two fresh pounds of konparets were baked today. Were planning to visit fifteen local schools over the next month to distribute konparets to the schoolchildren, who will also take them home and share them with their families.

Education is always the first step in our mission, so whenever we give out large amounts of plants, konparets, or other crops, we provide seminars on nutrition and the importance of eating locally, especially from trees.

Sharing the benefits of konparet, along with a sample will help us promote the health and possible financial benefits of baking konparet on a larger scale. But first we need to select women leaders who will manage the business. Within the next few months, we’re planning to create 20 small businesses for selling konparet. More importantly, as konparet starts to sell and expand in use to local communities, and as we continue growing cash crops, our business owners will be able to take on new ventures in other fruits, foods, and even their own personal crafts.

Thank you Trees That Feed for all the support you have given so far in this great endeavor to bring more tree products into Haiti's local economy.

Planting Stakes For La Hatte

On a nearby mountain are Acacia trees. Although they are considered invasive, they’re actually valuable because they grow fast and make great fuel for cooking. The Acacia tree also essentially becomes a placeholder and is prioritized for use, allowing other trees that offer fruits and crops to stay alive and avoid being cut down. Acacia trees also make great stakes for marking and supporting newly planted seedlings.

We cut these branches and turned them into 3 feet long stakes. Then our team painted them different colors so we could differentiate between each tree. Each of these colored stakes is being planted next to a new seedling of cacao, breadnut, or kenep fruit. We’re planting nearly 400 trees on Tisonson's land, and the colored stakes will allow us to track and prove tree survival. In combination with the stake color, the tree's size and species will provide enough data to improve the location services of our tree tracking service. Now we can determine each tree's growth over time along with its carn absorption data.