Thanks to our Canadian partners the AC4D trial and demo farm has received an order for 200 boxes, 1800 to 2000kg, of fresh produce per week for 4 months. This substantial order will provide relief to well over 100 Syrian refugee families (over 500 individuals) who are greatly in need of nutritional assistance during the winter months of December through March.
This type of order is a remarkable fit for our demonstration farm because we do not produce the large quantity of any one type of vegetable typically needed to make commercial farming financially viable. Instead, we focused our efforts on trialing numerous crops in multiple varieties for the comparison benefit to those around us. That decision is producing a wonderful variety of fruits and vegetables over a long period of time, exactly the type of production needed to provide well rounded nutrition over a long cold season when prices would normally be unattainably high.
Below are examples of some of the 9 crops that we are producing currently.
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| Syrian Refugees in Jordan |
This type of order is a remarkable fit for our demonstration farm because we do not produce the large quantity of any one type of vegetable typically needed to make commercial farming financially viable. Instead, we focused our efforts on trialing numerous crops in multiple varieties for the comparison benefit to those around us. That decision is producing a wonderful variety of fruits and vegetables over a long period of time, exactly the type of production needed to provide well rounded nutrition over a long cold season when prices would normally be unattainably high.
Below are examples of some of the 9 crops that we are producing currently.
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| Corn |
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| Eggplant |
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| Tomato |
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| Green beans, zucchini, corn |
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| Red Cabbage |
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