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Agriculture Spotlight: Meet Philomise

2021Mar18

Agriculture Spotlight: Meet Philomise

Philomise is a farmer from Savane Longue, a small community in the Northeast of Haiti in Ouanaminthe, home to approximately 10,000 people. At a very young age, Philomise remembers being involved in agriculture related activities, especially peanut production. As early…
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2020Dec17

MFK: A Reassuring Hope for Haiti

By MFK Board Member Fredo Derazin I left Haiti and moved to the United States on September 3, 2003. Despite all the bad things I had heard in the news, I took a trip back to Haiti with Dr. Patricia…
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2020Dec3

AFLAH Project Workshop Closure

From MFK Agronomist James Blanc The Improving Aflatoxin Control in Haiti (AFLAH) project aimed  to improve aflatoxin control through concerted efforts of men and women peanut farmers, other value chain actors, and public institutions, including multiple Haitian government agencies. This…
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2020Oct29

From Seed to Sachet to SAMED

Meds & Food for Kids produces Ready-to-Use Foods in our factory in Cap-Haitien, Haiti. That much is known. What may be unknown is how our all our operations are intricately interwoven. Our process starts with a simple seed – a…
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2020Jul13

Local Procurement of Peanuts Supports Haiti’s Smallholder Farmers

From James Blanc, MFK Agriculture Research and Extension Program Specialist COVID-19 has caused a lot of uncertainty, but MFK’s commitment to support Haitian farmers remains unchanged.  Sourcing peanuts from Haitian farmers remains a top priority, and this year we expect…
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2020Jun19

MFK Gets Cranking!

From: MFK Agriculture Team Meds & Food for Kids was a proud recipient of a grant from the Lake Elmo Rotary Club in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. Grant funds were used to purchase a hand-crank peanut sheller and an aspirator. MFK…
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2020Jun12

Excellence and Hope in the Time of Covid-19: An Update from Haiti

From MFK Founder and CEO, Dr. Patricia B. Wolff We hold our collective breath for the survival of all our colleagues, friends, and patients in Haiti. Our Haitian managers and workers are excelling in keeping the factory, nutrition programs and…
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2020Jun1

Farmer Training During COVID-19

From: Agriculture Research and Extension Program Specialist, James Blanc Haiti’s Health Minister has now confirmed more than 1,400 cases of COVID-19 in Haiti. It’s no secret that Haiti has one of the weakest healthcare systems in the world. There are…
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Haitian Minister of Agriculture, Patrice Sévére.
2020Apr13

MFK Ag Team Attends Feed the Future Conference

Last month, the MFK Agriculture team traveled to Port-au-Prince to join over 140 scholars, researchers, and agricultural experts for a conference hosted by the Feed the Future Appui A La Recherche Et Au Developpement Agricole (AREA) project. Launched in 2015,…
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