Success is sweet!

We just completed three successful, but intensive days of agriculture formation. This is the third formation workshop we have hosted.

The three day workshop began on Tuesday when we met with over thirty volunteer community leaders. Our purpose was to decide what information to include in the four sessions that composed the actual formation workshop.

The four sessions were:

Two subjects, Vanilla and insect control in sweet potatoes and piti mi.

Also included two subjects, Double dug bio-intensive gardens and worm composting.

Environment and sanitation

PH testing and building healthy soil

After the subjects were determined, primary leaders were selected for each subject. Then the remaining leaders were divided up so that they could assist.

This gave the less experienced leaders an opportunity to observe and develop their own leadership skills.

The following two days we hosted the same formation workshop in two separate locations. The particpants included not only peasant farmers from the Parish of Riviere Manclle, but also twelve guest from a neighboring parish and several guest of participating leaders.

This workshop impacted over 150 people.