Overview of SHI's programs with farming families in Central America.

1. Sustainable Harvest International

2. MI SS I ON Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) provides farming families in Central America with the training and tools to overcome poverty while restoring our planet's tropical forests.

7. Slash-and-Burn

10. Family Diet

11. Alley-Cropping

17. Organic gardens improve a family’s diet and income.

18. Chicken coops keep chickens and eggs safe from predators.

19. Biogas digesters turn organic material to methane gas Methane gas from the biogas digester is used for cooking instead of firewood

21. Biodiversity

22. Multi-story Crops

24. Marketing

25. Wood-conserving Stoves

27. Healthy Soils and Agro-Ecosystems

32. We have to work together as a community and as a family to support ourselves. We work very hard and want a better future for our children. With much affection for all our North American brothers and sisters, we love you very much and are grateful for your support of SHI so they can teach us. I am an organic agriculture practitioner always struggling to protect nature. Thank you for your support. Your friend, Jose Elias Perez

34. Value Added Products

35. School Groups

38. Passing on the knowledge…

40. You can help us reach the thousands of families that are still waiting for SHI’s help.

41. $15,000 supports the work of one extensionist for an entire year. $3,000 sponsors an entire village program for a whole year. $300 provides a family with technical support and materials for one year. $100 starts a school program. $50 buys the materials for a wood-conserving stove. $25 plants 100 trees

42. Smaller World Service Trips

43. Sustainable Harvest International Planting Hope Restoring Forests Nourishing Communities