Impact Report: Kenya
Proof in Motion
In one year, Food Forest Collab has moved from vision to impact, raising the funds to launch our model in Kenya and proving its power in real time.
Food Forest Collab has laid the foundation for regenerative growth and community empowerment.
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Local Partnerships. Established strong on-the-ground partnerships rooted in trust, local leadership, and shared vision, creating the foundation for a model that can endure and grow.
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Food Forest Design. Designed a scalable food forest system that begins at the family level, restoring soil and producing nourishing food, while offering a blueprint for community-wide hunger relief, climate resilience, and economic stability.
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Women’s Farming Cooperative. Launched a women-led farming cooperative that gives women the structure, support, and collective power they need to move from subsistence growing to shared enterprise.​
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Centralized Refrigeration. Installed centralized cold storage to prevent harvest loss, protect product quality, and make it possible for women to aggregate, store, and sell into higher-value markets.
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Global Market Access. Secured international buyers, creating a direct bridge between women farmers and high-value global markets for avocado oil.
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Community Reinvestment Fund. Created a reinvestment fund within the cooperative so that profits do more than generate income; they return to the community to support locally determined needs and long-term resilience.
What We've Built
IN ONE YEAR
WHAT'S NEXT
The Next 90 Days
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USDA Organic & ROC Certification. Finalize USDA Organic and Regenerative Organic Certified status, creating powerful incentives for farmers across the region to adopt regenerative practices, strengthen soil health, and participate in higher-value markets.
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Processing Equipment & Global Market Readiness. Secure and install the full suite of processing equipment needed to produce, package, and sell avocado oil on the global market, ensuring that more value remains in the hands of the women and communities who grow it.
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Community Refrigeration Expansion. Expand community refrigeration to reduce post-harvest loss, preserve harvests at their peak, and give women the infrastructure they need to move from subsistence growing to reliable income generation.
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Regenerative Nursery Development. Develop a regenerative nursery to grow the seedlings, trees, and plant diversity needed to expand food forests, restore ecosystems, and support long-term community resilience.
We’re building long‑term systems that connect education, innovation, and sustainability.
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School-Based Food Forests Across Kenya.Â
Develop school-based food forests across Kenya, transforming school grounds into living classrooms that nourish children, restore ecosystems, and teach the next generation how to grow food, care for the land, and build climate resilience.
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Home-Level Refrigeration Expansion.
Partner with an MIT-affiliated nonprofit to expand personal refrigeration at the household level through clay pot coolers, with the goal of reaching 2,000–10,000 families within the next 12 months. This simple, low-cost technology can help families preserve food, reduce waste, improve nutrition, and increase household resilience.
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Comprehensive Food Forest Education Platform.
Build a comprehensive educational platform to expand access to practical, place-based training on how to plant, steward, and sustain a food forest. This platform will help farmers, families, teachers, and students learn the skills needed to restore land and grow long-term abundance.
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Avocado Waste-to-Nutrition Research.
Partner with a Stanford-affiliated lab to test how avocado waste can be transformed into nutrient-dense food sources, turning what is typically discarded into a new pathway for nourishment, value creation, and circular agriculture.
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Avocado Waste as Renewable Energy.
Explore the potential of avocado waste as a renewable biofuel source, advancing a closed-loop model where every part of the harvest is used to feed people, generate value, and reduce environmental waste.