Let's Build Gonave, Haiti!

You not understand the volume of eggs that Haiti imports every year, especially from the Dominican Republic.  I just talked about exporting to the DR, now I want to talk about importing.  Many Haitians want to buy local, but the cost to do so often gets in the way.  While some will argue the imported eggs and chicken parts may be contaminated, many Haitians are on a strict budget and will purchase imported food so that their money will go father.  For the price of  150.00 Gourdes, one could get several chicken parts and a fish.  Again this is from importers.  How do you stop this and give Haitian farmers a chance? Volume.  If you flood the market, then prices go down.  When the Haitian price of eggs and chicken parts go down, you then will see the flow of imported chicken parts and eggs go down.  Currently Dominican eggs are 14.00 Gourdes or so, and Haitian eggs are 20.00 Gourdes.  That small difference in cost adds up over time ...

When you look at Haiti in general many would state that it is a 4th world country.  The lack of infrastructure, job security, literacy, health, income, and unstable food production are some of the reasons for the ranking.  La Gonave is in a more dire situation than the mainland. How to move La Gonave off the 4th world list?  I have said it time and time again.  Farming!  One of the oldest professions in the world is Farming.  In fact farming gave rise to cities.  Farmers would work together, sell goods, people moved to those fertile lands to purchase the food that was produced.  Soon you had cities and other professions were created.  If Haiti, and in fact La Gonave wants to improve its standing, then farming is it. Having food security is the first thing, above housing, education, etc.  Without good food, nothing else really will matter.  Next good education is needed.  Yes even before housing is education.  Let's ...

I went to the Albuquerque BioPark where they have a mock farm on display.  The farm has a farm house, and also has an actual farm with cows, goats, sheep, pigs, and chickens.  What makes this farm unique is that everything is built on a a little more than an acre.  The farm also had fruit trees as well, which I will put in another blog. This is a view of the farm house from the barn. This is the barn which held all of the animals mentioned Inside of the barn, which was very clean. Next to the barn was a chicken pen. View of side of the barn, and the chicken pen. Inside the barn was a goat bay. View of the bays/stalls for the animals. More of a view of the animal stalls. Another view of the chicken pen. This is inside of the barn for the chickens. Outside view of barn.  The sheep, cows, and pigs had their own pens. Another larger view of the barn and it's crude fencing.   This is the farm house with 3 bedrooms, kit...