Comments on: Rebuilding Haiti’s Food System http://www.sustainabletable.org/2010/01/rebuilding-haitis-food-system/ Sustainable Table Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:02:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Denise Baker http://www.sustainabletable.org/2010/01/rebuilding-haitis-food-system/#comment-274882 Denise Baker Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:48:41 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=4612#comment-274882 I have been reading about Cuban food history today and this part about Haiti is fascinating Thank you for this piece. I may quote you in my food blog about Cuba. I have been reading about Cuban food history today and this part about Haiti is fascinating Thank you for this piece. I may quote you in my food blog about Cuba.

]]> By: Danielle Nierenberg http://www.sustainabletable.org/2010/01/rebuilding-haitis-food-system/#comment-274875 Danielle Nierenberg Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:03:56 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=4612#comment-274875 Wanted to make sure you saw this recent post about Haiti and agriculture on the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet blog. All the best, Danielle Nierenberg, www.borderjumpers.org Looking to Agriculture to Help Rebuild in Haiti http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/looking-to-agriculture-to-help-rebuild-in-haiti/ A recent article in the New York Times highlights the critical role that agriculture will play in rebuilding Haiti in the wake of the devastating earthquake of January 2010. Food security is not a new problem in Haiti, and development organizations such as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme, as well as nongovernmental organizations like Heifer International and Oxfam, have been forced to halt food programs in the country as these groups themselves attempt to recover from the disaster. Before the quake, FAO alone was implementing 23 food and agriculture projects in Haiti, hoping to improve access to food in the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Prior to the disaster, an estimated 46 percent of Haiti’s population was undernourished, and chronic malnutrition affected 24 percent of children under five. Right now the most urgent need is to get food and water to millions of people in the capital city of Port au Prince and elsewhere in Haiti. But as the country looks to the future, the need for sustainable sources of food, such as those we are learning about in sub-Saharan Africa, is more important than ever. Wanted to make sure you saw this recent post about Haiti and agriculture on the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet blog. All the best, Danielle Nierenberg, http://www.borderjumpers.org

Looking to Agriculture to Help Rebuild in Haiti
http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/looking-to-agriculture-to-help-rebuild-in-haiti/

A recent article in the New York Times highlights the critical role that agriculture will play in rebuilding Haiti in the wake of the devastating earthquake of January 2010.

Food security is not a new problem in Haiti, and development organizations such as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme, as well as nongovernmental organizations like Heifer International and Oxfam, have been forced to halt food programs in the country as these groups themselves attempt to recover from the disaster.

Before the quake, FAO alone was implementing 23 food and agriculture projects in Haiti, hoping to improve access to food in the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Prior to the disaster, an estimated 46 percent of Haiti’s population was undernourished, and chronic malnutrition affected 24 percent of children under five.

Right now the most urgent need is to get food and water to millions of people in the capital city of Port au Prince and elsewhere in Haiti. But as the country looks to the future, the need for sustainable sources of food, such as those we are learning about in sub-Saharan Africa, is more important than ever.

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