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SHI Returns to Nicaragua!
It was an amazing six days! Last month I (Rick) returned to Nicaragua to follow up on the contacts we'd made last June regarding starting moringa projects there. This is the first of several posts about what turned out to be an incredible week! As I’d shared...
Planting for the future
While at Villa Esperanza in Managua, we also shared about moringa with Wilbert, the Nicaraguan director of The Villa (that's him in the photo in the middle), and he became very excited about it – his major in college was chemical engineering and when he saw the...
Feeding the Children
While we were in the Managua city dump (la chureca), we spoke with Miriam - that’s her in the photo holding a bundle of moringa seed pods picked for her by the children. Miriam is a Nicaraguan pastor who runs a daily feeding program for the children living in the la...
Moringa Even Grows in the Dump!
In May we [Rick and Jeri Kemmer, the founders of Strong Harvest] went to Nicaragua and let me tell you, we loved it! It was very hot and humid – we had a few fabulous thunder and lightning storms - the kind where you think it can't rain any harder, but then it keeps...
Does Hope Really Grow on Trees?
If it's a moringa tree, then the answer is a resounding "YES!" Here are just a few of the ways that moringa can bring hope to those in need of nutritious food, clean water and economic opportunity. Moringa is a multi-purpose tree and nearly all parts are edible. When...