SHI Supports Farmers in Transition to Regenerative Practices

Earth Rising Foundation has been a proud supporter of Sustainable Harvest International for the past six years. Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) supports low-income farmers in Central America during their transition to sustainable practices. 

In 2025, SHI further developed their regenerative agriculture training and technical assistance for smallholder farming families in Central America, particularly focusing on Honduras in order to streamline operations and deepen local partnerships. Funding from Earth Rising supported SHI’s regenerative agriculture and capacity-building efforts in Honduras, including agroforestry implementation, soil restoration, crop diversification, climate resilience training, and farmer leadership development. 

Through Farmer Field Schools and farmer-to-farmer knowledge sharing, SHI worked directly with partner farmers to increase resilience to climate change, strengthen food security, improve soil health, and restore degraded land. This past year also saw environmental workshops in local primary and secondary schools and efforts to strengthen women’s participation and leadership in workshops and on their farms.

SHI partnered with over 256 farming families across 23 different communities delivering 65 training workshops and establishing 12 new Farmer Field Schools. SHI also certified 20 new Farmer Promoters. Farmer Promoters are graduates of SHI’s program and trained by the Honduras Instituto Nacional de Formación Profesional to serve as community-based trainers and mentors. Additionally, SHI established six community nurseries for the production of 7,000 plants ready for planting in July 2026. Together with their partner farmers, SHI has planted 10,263 forest and fruit trees and reforested 68.52 acres. This number is expected to grow, with 92.41 acres currently in transition to regenerative agriculture practices. 

Recently in partnership with Project Dandelion, a women-led global advocacy campaign focused on how the climate crisis disproportionately affects women and girls, and in recognition of the United Nations International Year of the Woman Farmer in 2026, SHI shared the linked report on how their work engages and supports women farmers.