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Hugh Locke
Apr 12, 20231 min read
Seeding Change in Haiti
A young Haitian tree planter was chosen for the cover of The VF Foundation’s Third Annual Impact Report released last week. Included...
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Hugh Locke
Mar 2, 20231 min read
Talking About Cotton
Click above for a conversation with the Smallholder Farmers Alliance about the economics of farmer-owned data in connection with growing...
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Hugh Locke
Nov 10, 20223 min read
Breakthrough Agriculture Technology Began in Haiti
Good news from Haiti is an oxymoron at present, but today’s announcement from Smallholder Data Services (see press release below) shines...
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Hugh Locke
Oct 19, 202210 min read
Food Sovereignty in Haiti – Part Two
This is the second installment of a two-part article. Click here to read part one. The gangs running rampant in Haiti have created a...
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Hugh Locke
Oct 2, 20224 min read
Food Sovereignty in Haiti – Part One
This is the first installment of a two-part article. Haiti is dependent on food from outside the country, despite being a nation of...
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Hugh Locke
Aug 24, 20222 min read
Leading the Way in Regenerative Cotton
The big story about Haiti remains the chaos in Port-au-Prince, but this is a small story of hope takes us from the nation’s capital to...
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Hugh Locke
Aug 21, 20222 min read
New Haitian Comic Book Supershero
From amidst the current tumult in Haiti comes a masterful artistic expression of both hope and entertainment. Artist Thony Loui, who has...
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Hugh Locke
Aug 17, 20221 min read
First Major Export of Haitian Cotton in Over 30 Years
A ship left Haiti last week carrying three containers with 29,000 lbs of cotton that was grown (using organic principles), ginned (seeds...
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Hugh Locke
May 26, 20222 min read
U.S. Lawmakers Urge USAID to Ensure Food Security in Haiti
This week 41 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter to USAID Administrator Samantha Power urging her to act to...
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Hugh Locke
Apr 6, 20223 min read
Open Letter About Food Aid to Haiti
______________________________________________________________________ April 7, 2022 Dear Development Aid Agencies and International...
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Hugh Locke
Mar 9, 20222 min read
Rebuilding Hope in Haiti, One Farm Home at a Time
The earthquake that hit southern Haiti in August of last year destroyed hundreds of homes belonging to members of the Smallholder Farmers...
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Hugh Locke
Feb 8, 20224 min read
Renowned Forester With a Timely Message
Richard St. Barbe Baker (1889 – 1982) was a renowned forester who is recognized as the first global conservationist. He founded the Men...
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Hugh Locke
Dec 30, 20211 min read
Voices of Hope for Haiti's Future
When the challenges in Haiti seem insurmountable, where do you turn for answers? There is no single and all-encompassing response to this...
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Hugh Locke
Dec 17, 20212 min read
News From Haiti: Turning Earth Into Gold
It is hard to hear anything positive about Haiti amid the cacophony of alarms being sounded about the dire state of the nation. And while...
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Hugh Locke
Dec 3, 20212 min read
A Hopeful Celebration in Haiti
There are few reasons for celebration at the moment in Haiti, but the arrival this week of cotton processing equipment imported from...
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Hugh Locke
Nov 17, 20212 min read
Haitian Supershero Tanama Awakens From Coma
The new supershero Tanama was launched in March, 2020 with a comic book called “Tanama: Origin.” Now Haitian artist Thony Loui is at work...
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Hugh Locke
Oct 26, 20215 min read
Gang Realities in Haiti
While gangs have been an inescapable feature of life in Haiti for decades, they now control major swaths of the urban landscape. To most...
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Hugh Locke
Oct 20, 20213 min read
Haiti Earthquake Recovery With Midwives, Rice and Determination
A medical team from Project Medishare arrived in the southern Haitian city of Les Cayes early Monday morning, but the Smallholder Farmers...
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Hugh Locke
Sep 21, 20212 min read
International Outrage at Treatment of Haitian Migrants
The images of Haitian migrants being corralled by US Border Patrol agents on horseback were shocking, even in a time when the bar for...
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Hugh Locke
Sep 3, 20214 min read
Earthquake Response Brings Hope in Haiti
Recovery efforts are underway following Haiti’s recent earthquake, but officials have warned that many rural areas remain completely cut...
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