After undergoing specialized training, Energy Farming program leader Ariszandy Calderon is launching a new Food Security program, which HI Mexico is very excited about. The program is designed for families interested in participating in capacity building workshops to create their own kitchen gardens. It will provide training and support, over an extended period of time, [...]
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HI Mexico Targeting Food Security for Local Families
Posted in Energy Farming, Mexico on December 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Three Sisters
Posted in Energy Farming, Mexico, USA on October 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A new feature in this year’s Humanitarian Demonstration Garden at Himalayan Institute headquarters in Honesdale, PA was the arrangement of the crops into country zones, designed to model crops and techniques being employed at the community centers around the world. The “Mexico” plot featured an excellent demonstration of an intercropping system called the Three Sisters. [...]
Outgrowing Arrangement Helps HI Cameroon Expand
Posted in Cameroon, Energy Farming, Total Health Center on October 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A major part of increasing organizational sustainability at HI Cameroon is developing the means to completely produce the Total Health product line in-house, from growing the herbs, to processing them into medicine, to distributing them to customers through the Total Health Center and Mobile Clinic. Local production is significant because it means that the center [...]
HI Mexico Spotlight: Ariszandy Calderon Diaz
Posted in Energy Farming, Mexico on September 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In the midst of the Himalayan Institute Mexico’s major humanitarian initiatives, the remarkable stories of those responsible often go unreported. This section of the blog seeks to showcase the diverse range of backgrounds, talents, obstacles, and triumphs represented in our local staff and contacts. Ariszandy Calderon Diaz, known to friends as Sandy, is HI Mexico’s [...]
HI Mexico Spotlight: Geovanni Beristain
Posted in Energy Farming, Himalayan Institute, Humanitarian Projects, Mexico on July 21, 2011 | 6 Comments »
In the midst of the Himalayan Institute Mexico’s major humanitarian initiatives, the remarkable stories of those responsible often go unreported. This section of the blog seeks to showcase the diverse range of backgrounds, talents, obstacles, and triumphs represented in our local staff and contacts. The Himalayan Institute Mexico is what it is today in large [...]








