Levo on Fox61
“The non-profit uses hydroponic technology to turn backyards and empty lots around the city into urban farms.
“We see it as really important for sustainability, both for economic sustainability and environmental sustainability, for us to create a system that lasts,” said Levo founder and Director of Innovation Christian Heiden.
Heiden says the goal is two-fold. He’s looking to bring more fresh produce to a city he describes as one of the worst in the country regarding access to fresh food and to allow urban growers to profit from the crops they are producing.”
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Levo featured in the Hartford Courant
“We have around 30 growers in Hartford,” said Christian Heiden, founder of LEVO International. “We use a system where fresh produce is delivered in the form of subscriptions to convenient locations in the Greater Hartford area beginning in May.”
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Project to turn Hartford residents into micro-farmers aims to address food insecurity
The Hartford Courant covers Levo’s approach on achieving food security along with the organization’s history. Click here to read more!
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Who Stands Up?
A look at the implications and history of the Haitian Revolution.
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Trusting in a Community's Talent
Why Levo International is going to end hunger around the world.
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Levo begins Haiti Recovery Effort by training new team members
This week, October 13th, Levo’s Program Manager Gil Augustin begins the training process for the team that will be traveling to Les Cayes in November to construct 50 Babylon systems and 200 Bokits.
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1000 Bokit Campaign Concludes for 2021
Levo International concluded its 1000 Bokit campaign this month with one last distribution to families in Waterbury. Levo has distributed its simple, “no-work” hydroponic gardens to over 500 families in 2021.
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Levo Founder Speaks at Durham Fair
Levo Founder speaks at Connecticut’s Largest Agricultural Fair
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Earthquake strikes Haiti, Levo Launches Recovery Effort
Thousands of families in Haiti are desperately food insecure. Levo International is working to create a new approach to disaster recovery in developing economies. Levo' International’s recovery will be coordinated by Haitians on the ground, and Levo’s hydroponics will provide both short term and long term food security.
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Despite the Pandemic, Levo International’s Haiti Operations Set To Expand
The worldwide Coronavirus pandemic has affected almost all organizations and created challenges that few could have seen coming. Despite the challenges, Levo International’s Haiti operation is set to enter a new phase of its operations.
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Middle Ground without Compromise
The middle ground today is hard to find. The middle ground sounds like a place you can only get to by making compromises. And compromise is out of fashion. Increasingly we live in a binary world or either-or.
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Haitian Operations Up and Running
In October, Levo began distributing new seedlings and supplies to all sites in Haiti. Two months later, the results are astounding.
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Thinking differently in economic development
It is time to reconsider how we approach economic development around the globe.
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Carry Water, Change the World
I was in Haiti for Levo this past month. While there, I reflected a lot on the Eastern wisdom that teaches before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water; after enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. In Haiti, this is not a metaphor. It is life.
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Hope After the Global Engagement Summit
Like many Americans, I often feel uncontrollable dread. The news echoes the political rhetoric of fear and hopelessness. Climate change, poverty, and violence constantly loom over us. Worry for the future keeps me up many nights. This past week, at the Global Engagement Summit (GES), for the first time in a long time, those worries faded away. Today, I am filled with hope.
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