Trees That Feed is once again partnering with the Peace Corps to plant food-bearing trees and share our Plant a Tree and Good Things Happen activity books with children across Jamaica.
Peace Corps Volunteer Andy Zehner is working with smallholder farmers in St. Catherine Parish, planting breadfruit trees donated by TTFF. He’s visiting each site monthly and tracking progress with the Greenstand Treetracker app—hands-on training and monitoring we deeply value.
Peace Corps Volunteer Marie Schmitz shared our books with the Environmental Club at Cascade Primary School. The kids loved learning about the fruit trees growing around them—especially identifying tropical favorites!
Next up: more trees—including mango, ackee, and jackfruit—will go in the ground with help from Volunteer Kali Clarke and the Treasure Beach Women’s Group in St. Elizabeth Parish.
Thank you to other Peace Corps Volunteers, including Nancy Tedros, Helen Chang, Roshana G-mariam and Tom Lydon, who are also engaged in the partnership this year.
And a special thanks to Dan Malone, who is Peace Corps Jamaica’s Program Manager for Agriculture, for his help with these initiatives and so many in the past.
This partnership works—and you make it possible. One supporter recently ate an avocado from a TTFF tree planted by a Peace Corps volunteer years ago. His review? “Absolutely delicious.”
Thank you for growing impact with us!
