{"id":3769,"date":"2007-12-26T14:49:51","date_gmt":"2007-12-26T18:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yummy-wakame.com\/archives\/2007\/12\/26\/3769"},"modified":"2007-12-26T14:49:51","modified_gmt":"2007-12-26T18:49:51","slug":"sustainable-harvest-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/2007\/12\/sustainable-harvest-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Harvest International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainableharvest.org\/\" rel=\"external\">Sustainable Harvest International<\/a> &#8211; Replanting rainforests and supporting families with the tools and materials they need to improve their standard of living while protecting the environment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The outstanding features that make SHI different to most charities is their commitment to environmental, economic and social sustainability. Every project that&#8217;s co-ordinated addresses all three, with a huge focus on implementing sustainable land-use practices that alleviate poverty while restoring ecological stability to areas of land that have been plundered or deforested.<\/p>\n<p>SHI is one of the most efficiently run charities I&#8217;ve seen in a long time. A quick checkup on the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charitynavigator.org\/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&#038;orgid=8827\" rel=\"external\">Charity&nbsp;Navigator<\/a><\/strong> shows how <strong>the vast majority of donations is spent on the programs<\/strong>, and the founder earns one of the most moderate salaries I&#8217;ve seen in the charity sector. Its impressive to see how much they have achieved with a very modest yearly revenue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/weblog\/shi-rainforest.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Tropical forests are being lost at an alarming rate. These forests protect soils, mitigate global warming and provide a home for wildlife. Sustainable Harvest International is having great success at saving acres of tropical forest by providing farming families in Central America with the training and the tools they need to adopt sustainable alternatives to destructive slash-and-burn farming practices. Communities are learning how to live in harmony with the natural environment and protect it for future generations. The trees they plant restore the environment and provide the families with food and income. SHI participants have planted more than 2 million trees, converted thousands of acres of land to sustainable uses, thereby saving tens of thousands of acres of forest from being destroyed.\" class=\"pic_50px\" \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainableharvest.org\/giftofhope.cfm\" rel=\"external\">Reforest Two Acres<\/a> &#8211; $30<\/strong><br \/>\nProvide families with the training and tools they need to reforest two acres of tropical forest in Central America.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/weblog\/shi-cacao.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"The young farmer on the front of this card is holding a fresh cacao pod. Families working with Sustainable Harvest International's programs in Central America are growing cacao (the trees that give us chocolate) in organic multi-story shade forests. These forests protect soils, mitigate global warming and provide a home for wildlife. Cacao is a valuable cash crop that enables the families to increase their incomes while protecting the environment. SHI's local field trainers provide families with the seeds, materials and training they need to bring an end to the cycle of poverty and deforestation in their communities.\" class=\"pic_50px\" \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainableharvest.org\/giftofhope.cfm\" rel=\"external\">Plant a Whole Acre of Chocolate<\/a> &#8211; $40<\/strong><br \/>\nGive a family seeds, nursery materials and training to plant an acre of organic multi-story cacao in their community.  Cacao (what is used to make chocolate) is a valuable cash-crop that can be grown in plots that mimic the natural forest.  These multi-story crops provide families with a diversity of produce, mitigate global warming and create wildlife habitat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/weblog\/shi-garden.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"In areas where a majority of the population falls well below the poverty level, meals often consist of only basic grains and children suffer without the nutrients vital to good health and growth. SHI provides seeds, training and support to families desperate to grow food to sustain themselves. We have helped families to plant more than 1,000 organic gardens next to their homes. Children are getting the important nutrients they need and families are increasing their incomes by selling excess produce in the markets and to their neighbors.\" class=\"pic_50px\" \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainableharvest.org\/giftofhope.cfm\" rel=\"external\">Plant Three Family Gardens<\/a> &#8211; $45<\/strong><br \/>\nMalnutrition is a very real threat for countless families living in Central America.  This Gift of Hope provides three families with training and seeds to grow organic vegetable gardens that will give children nutritious food to eat and families can boost income by selling excess produce at the local market.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nDonating is only one of the ways you can help. You can also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainableharvest.org\/tours.cfm\" rel=\"external\">volunteer<\/a> in Central America with Sustainable Harvest International where you get to travel, experience different cultures and fight poverty and deforestation in Central America. Upcoming trips go to Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainable Harvest International &#8211; Replanting rainforests and supporting families with the tools and materials they need to improve their standard of living while protecting the environment. The outstanding features that make SHI different to most charities is their commitment to environmental, economic and social sustainability. Every project that&#8217;s co-ordinated addresses all three, with a huge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogalog","category-food-for-thought"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}