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FHF Volunteers in Kenya 2025

FHF Volunteers in Kenya 2025
Volunteers from Canada are preparing to travel to Kenya in 2025 to continue the work of Farmers Helping Farmers. They will share photos and reports about their experiences on the PEI Kenya 2025 blog. Dr. Martha Mellish and her team are spending 3 weeks in Kenya working to create a more comfortable cart for donkeys. …
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Fall Harvest Suppers another delicious success at The Mill in New Glasgow

Fall Harvest Suppers another delicious success at The Mill in New Glasgow
Emily Wells fundraiser supports the work of the Farmers Helping Farmers Education Committee in Kenya Thank you to Chef Emily Wells and her team at The Mill in New Glasgow, all of the volunteers, food suppliers, and everyone who attended the 2024 Fall Harvest Suppers! Chef Emily is excited to announce that this year’s event…
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New screen houses mean better gardens at Kenyan schools

New screen houses mean better gardens at Kenyan schools
New screen houses mean improved production and nutrition By Teresa Mellish Our school meal program is based on two staples: dried corn and beans. In addition to this, vegetables grown at the school bring vitamins, minerals and some good taste to githeri. A screen house is needed to successfully grow many of these vegetables, as…
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Bringing improved seeds and plant materials to partners in Kenya

Bringing improved seeds and plant materials to partners in Kenya
New potato and bean varieties will mean more food for farm families By Ken Mellish In Kenya, there is very good work done at the research stations to develop crops which are morenutritious, better yielding and do better with climate change. However, there is a problem withthese improved varieties getting in the hands of the…
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Better food storage making a difference at Kenyan schools

Better food storage making a difference at Kenyan schools
Protecting food for the school term at Ruuju Primary School  By Teresa Mellish Post-harvest losses of maize continue to be an issue in Sub Saharan Africa.  Some of the pests which contribute to this include the maize weevil.  An article Ken and I read recently titled On-farm storage loss estimates of maize in Kenya using…
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Ken Mellish of New Perth joins Atlantic Agricultural Hall of Fame 

Ken Mellish of New Perth joins Atlantic Agricultural Hall of Fame 
One of the founders of Farmers Helping Farmers receives top agricultural honour By Bill McGuireEditor, Island Farmer Ken Mellish of New Perth, who spent his career in agriculture -- first as a dairy farmer and then as a world-renowned equestrian horse breeder – while being a driving force with his wife Teresa in Farmers Helping…
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Farmers Helping Farmers – Poised For Productivity

Farmers Helping Farmers – Poised For Productivity
Farmers Helping Farmers will celebrate two impactful projects at their 40th Annual BBQ fundraiser being held August 10, 2024 at the North Shore Community Centre in West Covehead, P.E.I.: theGender-Responsive One Health Project and funding for school garden expansions in Meru County, Kenya. Farmers Helping Farmers is lead implementing partner for the Gender-Responsive One Health…
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Donkey welfare in Meru

Donkey welfare in Meru
By Dr. Martha Mellish From human nutrition to dairy management to school programs, FHF has an eclectic variety ofpersonnel and projects on the go. As a relatively new participant, a common question posed fromIslanders and Kenyan partners to myself is ‘Why are you traveling to Kenya’? My reply of ‘to work onthe welfare of donkeys’…
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A life-changing experience by Katie MacNeill

A life-changing experience by Katie MacNeill
Nutrition intern now FHF board member shares the impact of her time in Kenya My name is Katie MacNeill and I had the privilege of being one of the nutrition interns working in Kenya with Farmers Helping Farmers (FHF) last May. Over the last few months of being back home, I have been able to…
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