Our Vision
From the ground, up.
DuSable Farms is a social enterprise in-action; focused on helping farmers in the Grand’Anse province of southwest Haiti turn produce into profit reinvested in much-need infrastructure, livelihoods, and future-focused capabilities for over 300,000 people. No picture can do it justice, but this remote and lush land has long raised and inspired world-famous poets, authors, and leaders.
The Grand’Anse, and specifically the city of Jeremie and its surrounding commune of river-separated villages, is a historically remote province. It was devastated by Hurricane Matthew in 2016, putting its people’s health and livelihood in jeopardy. But now, years later its people are on the go and the community is pulling together to rebuild and get organized in a future-minded way. DuSable Farms was created to invest in new facilities and distribution networks that help thousands of farmers find reliable produce buyers who can make their goods shelf-stable, to be sold to Haitian schools and international agencies in dire need of more nutritious and lunch-ready products to feed school children and families.
(Feb. 2018) New possibilities spring from the ground in the farms of Ranja outside of Jeremie.
A pilot group of about 250 farms and farmers has formed a formal cooperative focused on planting a high-yielding and famous Pacific and Carribbean fruit tree called breadfruit, locally known as Veritab-Souve Pep La, the Savior of the People! With the help of certified agronomists financed by Organizasyon Zanmi Grandans and in coordination with the Trees That Feed Foundation of Chicago and Jamaica, DuSables Farms is working in partnership with local and international experts to provide essential financing channels and operating guidance. We have already started turning breadfruit flour into a nourishing and commercialized products to feed poor villages, engendering hope and new capabilities. Soon we will be adding a list of moringa and breadfruit-based products to our offering and connecting investors with a huge social impact opportunity in the Jeremie commune.
Thanks for your support!
- The DuSable Farms Team