NGO PROFILE
VISION • By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services • Ensure significant mobilisation of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development agenda, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing communities, in particular least developed communities, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions • Create sound policy frameworks at the regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions in the Caribbean Communities MISSION • By 2020, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, community farmers, care takers, & maintenance, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and farm employment • by 2020 have Gender Equality in all affairs of Trinidad and Tobago • rebuilding war-torn communities; protecting persons exposed to extreme poverty, & crime violence (example sweet Laventille)
We are determined to protect the planet from degradation, including through sustainable consumption and production, sustainably managing its natural resources and taking urgent action on climate change, so that it can support the needs of the present and future generations. We are determine to ensure that all human beings can enjoy prosperous fulfilling lives harmony with nature.
“END POVERTY IN ALL ITS FORMS EVERYWHERE”
• Ensure significant mobilisation of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development agenda, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing communities, in particular least developed communities, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions • Create sound policy frameworks at the regional and international levels, based on propoor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions in the Caribbean • By 2020, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, communities farmers, care takers, & maintenance, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and farm employment • Achieve financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all • Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all communities • Improve education, awareness-raising, human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning • Ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements • Substantially increase health recruitment, development, training and retention of the organic food workforce especially in least developed communities
URBAN FARMING COMMUNITY PROJECTS UFCP DESIGN PROCESS • An initial design process is essential to the success of every productive garden • A comprehensive site plan allows you to combine individual elements of your urban farm to create a cohesive, functional, and beautiful space not just to grow food but make your environment comfortable and green • A garden design includes scaled drawings of the space, planting recommendations, material specifications and precise dimensions for garden elements such as: garden beds, pathways, trellises, edible walls, irrigation, tool sheds, washing stations, greenhouses, and environmentally friendly seating areas • Additional drawings including urban designs, planting plans, grading plans and renderings can also be produced, as applicable to each project. Design budgets vary depending on the scale and complexity of the project. INSTALLATION
Our team of experts in construction & landscaping will translate your garden design from concept to reality. We create beautiful and functional spaces with sustainably sourced materials and pride ourselves on producing the highest quality, non-toxic garden structures possible. Structures are built from naturally rot-resistant woods, steal, stone and other long-lasting materials. We use people from our communities to help us construct most garden elements. All of our installations are built to the highest standards to create beautiful, productive, safe, and ecological outdoor environments.
MAINTENANCE
We offer a range of garden maintenance services. Our experienced farm crew can stop by your garden on a weekly or bi-weekly basis to do the maintenance and provide vegetable transplants, seeds, trellises, organic fertilisers, organic pest control materials and tools necessary to keep your garden healthy and attractive. You are always welcome to join us during our visits if you’re interested in learning more about edible gardening, edible walls, ext. We keep you up to date on what is happening in your garden with emails and newsletters detailing what is ready for harvest, what is coming soon.
Principles, Rules and Definitions We Strive For Sustainability
Our “Purpose”, culture considers protecting the health and safety of members, neighbours, and others affected by our business activities and protecting the environment to be core values that are treated with equal importance with our other key business objectives. We promote programs to maintain and improve the health and well-being of our members, including, but not limited to, providing tobacco-free worksite. Members are encouraged to take advantage of voluntary health programs and to adopt healthy conscious behaviour.
We Care For The Environment
Our “Purpose”, to use natural resources responsibly and to minimise the environmental impact of our activities as well as the impact of our products over their entire life cycle. This includes maximising energy efficiency in our operations as part of our overall climate change goals, as well as applying sustainable packaging and green chemistry where feasible in our research, development and manufacturing activities. Members should do their best to minimise their environmental footprint in daily work, including applying the hierarchy of waste prevention measures (avoid, reduce, recycle and reuse of all materials).
Organic Edible Walls
“We have lost our connection to Earth which means we have lost our connection to ourselves. This runs so deep within our consciousness that this is the very reason we look outside ourselves for answers, to authorities who claim to have the expertise that you yourself are lacking for your existence here on earth. This is why we override our instincts with logical ideas that we have been conditioned to believe. This is why we have allowed the people in power to make decisions for us. This is why we have allowed our earth to be polluted, our food to be poisoned, our land and natural resources to be claimed. This is all because of the illusion of separateness, the distortion that tells us humans are separate from nature, that Spirit and flesh are not connected, that we are not connected. Race separation, gender assignment, economic status etc. This sense of separateness keeps us from the love that we are all so desperately seeking.”
We are the pioneers of the shift, here to bring change and expansion. ‘The old’ does not work and ‘the new’ has not been explored before — this is where we are, and this is why we’re here! Pioneering the shift of consciousness on Earth is our calling, and each of our life’s situations and experiences serves as the path to our own individual awakening, and therefore, the awakening of the global consciousness. Blessings
Yours sincerely Mali Quamina