Farm manager skill-Failure blamed on us

Complications of CSA/Matterbox integration

Project Type: Cultivator

Description: Our Lady of Guadalupe Secondary School is located in the remote village of Busolo in Southern Uganda. There are 100 students boarding and 351 attending. The school will buy 5 acres of land to grow coffee, vegetables, fruits, beans and maize. The goals are to teach farming skills, provide food/nutrition for students, generate income to subsidize tuition and help pay the salaries of the staff.

Project Type: Cultivator

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Description: Healing Haiti’s mission is to leverage resources to elevate and unify Haitian families so that the cycle of poverty is broken and the fabric of the community is strengthened. To this purpose, the organization has procured 12 hectares (ha) (30 acres) of land in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where a demonstration and educational farm will be created. The purpose of the farm is threefold: to provide food for Grace Village, Fleri Bakery and restaurant; to teach local Haitians best farming practices; and to create a market around the farm through value added products that will provide employment for the community.

Description: The Starkey Hearing Institute is located approximately 13 kilometers east of downtown Lusaka, Zambia. The institute sits on 6.5 ha of land, 5 of which is vacant farmland with excellent soil. The land has the potential to produce an abundance of food for the school and to sell to expanding markets in Lusaka. A viable farm business will provide the school with a source of income to support their operational budget and decrease their dependency on grants. A secondary goal of the Starkey farm project is to provide a model farm for the surrounding community—demonstrating sustainable farming practices that will increase yields and soil fertility.

Description: IRIS has procured 1.6ha of land designated for the University Farm in Pemba, Mozambique. As this is raw land and the soil is sandy and depleted, a well must be dug, and special attention paid to soil rehabilitation. The goal is to use this site as an educational farm for students attending IRIS's agriculture program at the university.

Description: The Irving Gardens Community Farm is a collaborative project spearheaded by Matter in partnership with Youth Farm. The vision is to create an urban farm in the Harrison neighborhood of North Minneapolis that will serve and engage the neighborhood, leading to a healthier community. The project scope includes: site design and preparation, tools and equipment, a growing plan, and an education practicum to be used in teaching and engaging the community on best practices for sustainable farm systems. The strength of a custom designed farm combined with education and engagement with youth and families from the neighborhood sets the stage for skills training, relationship building, youth empowerment, and ultimately, improved community health.

Project Type: Cultivator

Description: Hope and Care for Liberia would like to purchase farmland to subsidize the tuition for their school, sustain their operations and provide healthy food for their community.

Working with hospital project to share/lease land

Considerable reliance on Matter to complete project

Description: AFSS is buying 250 acres to be used for crops and animal production. The goal is to teach appropriate farm technology, sustain the school, and transform traditional subsistence agriculture in the community.

Especially interested in professional project scope and design.