Plant Organic Fruit Trees with African Farmers

From all of us at the High Atlas Foundation, we extend best wishes for health and all good things. HAF has experienced great success in 2014, and we wish nothing but the same for you in 2015. 

Morocco’s model for human development creates enormous possibility for our participatory approach and organic agricultural value-chain, and for the entire region. 

This past quarter, HAF has entered into partnerships with the High Commission of Waters and Forests, municipalities, schools, universities, associations (including the Jewish community of Morocco), cooperatives and families - all have lent land for at least five years to establish community tree nurseries. 

Starting from next month, we are scheduled to export to the United States 14 tons of organic certified walnuts from the High Atlas Mountains. In January 2014, HAF planted its one millionth seed in Morocco. With our full value chain is in place, we may - Insha’Allah - achieve much greater scale.

In 2015, HAF and communities propose that together we plant a total of four million seeds and saplings of 12 types of fruit trees and more than 20 aromatic plant varieties - all of which may receive internationally recognized organic certification. This can be achieved at a total cost of $2.5 million, with a resulting direct impact on 200,000 rural inhabitants and an indirect one benefiting a further 40,000. 

We hope with all our heart that we may receive your support to plant this season. Every dollar enabled HAF to plant its first million trees. For additional updates from HAF please see here. 

Sincerely, 

Jacqueline

Links:

• Read A letter from HAF's President, Dr Yossef Ben-Meir