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Tire Garden for a Family of Four in Haiti
- Item Number
- 121
- Estimated Value
- 250 USD
- Buy Now Price
- 250 USD
- Sold
- Purchase History
Item Description
Your gift of $250 will supply tire gardens for a family of four in Haiti. These innovative gardens use tires recycled into safe and efficient home planters.
People grow tomatoes, cabbage, bell peppers, carrots, onions, eggplant, and more; they harvest seeds for future planting and rotate crops amongst the tire planters to ensure greater soil productivity. The process uses organic farming methods, avoiding the expense, potential dangers, and environmental toll of fertilizers and pesticides. And just five tire gardens can feed a family of four for a year.
The concept of personal home gardens — in the city and in the countryside — carries great significance in a country where food security is hard to find. According to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 6.7 of the 10 million people in Haiti don't have enough to eat or have access to adequate nutrition. It's in this context that the Papaye Peasant Movement, a UUSC partner, developed the tire garden model to enable its members to successfully cultivate vegetables for their own consumption and to sell at market.
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