Coffee Farmer Bharat Rai is feeling good about his coffee production and growing income! Collective coffee processing will be happening for the first time in December 2023! CLN’s earliest coffee bushes are mature and thousands more are just beginning to produce...
New farmers receiving macadamia seedlings from the nursery. The secret is out! Farmers all around Sankhuwasabha District have heard about macadamia nuts, and they want to plant trees. This year CLN had planned to add 150 new farmers to the project–and we actually...
Raising awareness about gender-based violence and women’s rights through Community Based Education including with this local women’s group. We’re delighted with CLN's progress in Nepal this year and have exciting news to share! Our macadamia nut...
Macadamia farmer Bindu Darji has a big smile because she just sold 22 lbs of freshly harvested nuts for nearly $100, and in rural Nepal that’s good earnings! Bindu Darji wins! She and her family of five have three mature macadamia trees, which produced 62 lbs. of nuts...
Coffee Farmer Prem Kumari Gautam Prem Kumari Gautam is 64 years old, and she has 300 coffee bushes and a family of 7 living at home. Not all of her coffee plants are producing yet, but she earned $160 from harvest at the beginning of this year (a 25% increase on...
Organic Coffee Farmer Exposure Visit Coffee farmers exposure visit…and coffee cherries drying in the sun. In February, we sponsored an exposure visit to educate our lead organic coffee farmers on a new method of coffee cherry processing. Only one coffee farm in Nepal...
Lila Karki shows off her first macadamia nut harvest; coffee ripening on the bush and plant care. In 2021, CLN trained 117 coffee and nut farmers on pruning, pest management, and making organic compost to increase plant production. We are proud that about one-third of...
Sonam Sherpa checks the coffee on one of his bushes. He planted this coffee bush 6 years ago. This year Sonam earned over $200 from coffee, and he expects to be earning more next year as his plants mature. The annual per capita income in Nepal is ~$1000 so $200 is...
Goma Katuwal showing off one of her 65 macadamia nut trees. She’s pleased they are growing so well! Life in remote Himalayan villages continues in a routine, regardless of the world beyond. Crops have to be planted, animals have to be tended, and daily chores...
Ratna Mani has 6 mature almond trees--like the one he’s standing with here. They produced over 20 lbs of nuts this year. With 2 children and a shortage of food, the family ate all 20 lbs. to supplement to their regular diet and provide a good source of protein. We are...
Deana talks with farmers about finding a market for organic coffee. We stay personally involved with our projects and regularly visit farmers in remote areas of Nepal. On the most recent field visit, CLN donors Bill Winfield and Armanita Dhooghe joined Deana for a...
Management committee of a coffee farmers group. CLN has helped organize the farmer groups and get them registered with the local government. This is Year 4 of the Organic Coffee Project. We have added 80 new farmers in the...
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