Thomas, and is a community economic development incubator. Join our Podcast, Sundays at 4 pm JA time: https://tinyurl.com/FarmertoFarmerPodcast The Source Farm Community Development Institute (formerly the Source Farm Foundation) has been working in Jamaica since 2007 and focusing our early energy on establishing the Ecovillage (living community) component of our mission, as well as establishing C
ommunity Economic Development projects within the larger community of Johns Town and Retreat, St. Since 2007, the SFCDI has acted as an incubator for a number of projects such as Super Adobe/Earthbag Building Technology, Literacy and Art Community Projects and a Sewing and Natural Dye Cooperative. The Foundation has been instrumental in bringing Formal Consensus Meeting Management methodology as well as Permaculture Certification to Jamaica. Currently the SFCDI has been focusing on issues of food security for the Eastern region of Jamaica. The NGO is using a Permaculture and whole system approach to addressing the issues of creating sustainable livelihood for people of the region. Building the local community is a foundation mission of The Source. We have worked intensively in the local community of Johns Town, facilitating gains in education, environmental awareness, improved infrastructure and the growth of businesses within the local community. While fulfilling our mission and vision the Source has seen our impact expand beyond local community to the parish of St. The innovative solution around natural building methodology (Earthbag/superadobe building), off the grid energy solutions, introduction of Permaculture and our islandwide initiatives around Organic Farming as well as the creation of the 1st Natural Farmers Market in Jamaica, are just a few of the important community development projects being stewarded by the Source. The Source is always seeking to bring appropriate and innovative solutions to both our community, and the region as a whole, and looks forward to continuing to work with our partners to make these solutions a reality.
