LEVO was recently featured in a CT Insider article showing Luverne Mott, her sprouting hydroponic farms, and her love for the Hartford community.
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“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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“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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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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A look at the implications and history of the Haitian Revolution.
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Why Levo International is going to end hunger around the world.
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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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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 Connecticut’s Largest Agricultural Fair
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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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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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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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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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It is time to reconsider how we approach economic development around the globe.
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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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