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Celebrating the launch of Broken Crayons by Patsy Dingwell

Celebrating the launch of Broken Crayons by Patsy Dingwell
Patsy and her granddaughter at the launch of Broken Crayons. Farmers Helping Farmers was delighted to be part of the launch of a new children's book by long-time member Patsy Dingwell, inspired by the experience of UPEI student teacher Ellen Gillis while teaching in Kenya. We were thrilled to share the celebration live on Facebook…
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The impact of COVID-19 on women farmers in Meru

The impact of COVID-19 on women farmers in Meru
By Teresa Mellish Farmers Helping Farmers works with eight womens groups, three dairies and five schools in Meru County, for a new project funded by Global Affairs Canada.  When COVID-19 started in March, the Kenyan government wisely put safeguards in place, in an effort to stop the spread of the virus.  There was a curfew, from…
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Silage choppers

Silage choppers
By Ken MellishFarmers Helping Farmers has been encouraging Kenyan dairy farmers to grow better forages to feed their milking cows. Corn or napier grass when harvested at the correct time can both supply high quality feed for milking cows. Corn has a high yield per acre and gives the energy cows need to produce milk…
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Celebrating six new cookhouses in 2020, despite COVID-19

Celebrating six new cookhouses in 2020, despite COVID-19
By Teresa Mellish Six new cookhouses with school gardens  have been built in Meru County in the last six months, since the COVID-19 pandemic started.   Each cookhouse includes three large fuel-efficient stoves, a place to store maize and beans, as well as an area to serve food to the pupils.  Five of the cookhouses…
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Exciting Membership News!

Exciting Membership News!
Celebrating 40 Amazing Years of Farmers Helping Farmers In 2020, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Farmers Helping Farmers! Unfortunately due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are unable to celebrate in the way that we originally planned (parties, potlucks, parades, fundraisers) but we thought of another way to celebrate... In our 40th year, we want to…
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Orange Sweet Potatoes – A Big Deal!

Orange Sweet Potatoes – A Big Deal!
By Colleen Walton It was only a few years ago that sweet potato fries took our taste buds by storm, and most of us have never looked back. In the global context, orange sweet potatoes are a nutritional powerhouse, with very high levels of beta-carotene which is converted into vitamin A in our bodies. Recognizing…
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Making progress despite the pandemic

Making progress despite the pandemic
October 2020 Update - More Food, Better Food: Empowering Kenyan Women Farmers Farmers Helping Farmers gratefully acknowledges the support of Global Affairs Canada.  At project onset, we were fortunate to have personnel available to move from other work to implement this project, and we hired a human nutritionist. We had done many of the project…
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Safer, healthier cook stoves

Safer, healthier cook stoves
We have recently installed fuel-efficient wood-burning cookstoves for the 70 members of one women’s group.  In all cases, these stoves replaced traditional “three-stone” set-ups in which food was cooked over an open fire, usually in a single pot balanced on the stones, in a small shed.   This approach exposes the cook and often her young…
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2020 FHF awards handed out virtually

2020 FHF awards handed out virtually
FHF awards go ahead virtually, despite the COVID-19 pandemic Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Farmers Helping Farmers awards were handed out, recognizing important contributions from some of the many volunteers that make our work in Kenya possible. The 2020 awards were handed out virtually, as part of the Farmers Helping Farmers AGM in July 2020.…
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