{"id":4376,"date":"2013-04-01T11:09:53","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T16:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/?p=4376"},"modified":"2013-03-19T10:21:14","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T15:21:14","slug":"before-and-after-tomato-plants-in-haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2013\/04\/before-and-after-tomato-plants-in-haiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Before and After: Tomato Plants in Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4378\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/02\/Tomato-plant-infected-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/02\/Tomato-plant-infected-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/02\/Tomato-plant-infected-1024x767.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/02\/Tomato-plant-infected.jpg 1142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>With our partner World Relief, we have been working on establishing a demonstration farm in Haiti, in the Christianville area. This farm will improve Christianville\u2019s capacity to produce food for their nutrition programs benefiting vulnerable children, and to have a venue to train farmers in new agriculture and livestock techniques.<\/p>\n<p>While this project has been successful in many ways, one of the clearest indications that the project going well is the before and after pictures to the right.<!--more--> The top photo shows what typical plants looked like before the implementation of a <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4377\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/02\/Tomato-plant-healthy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/02\/Tomato-plant-healthy-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/02\/Tomato-plant-healthy-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/02\/Tomato-plant-healthy.jpg 1144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>new technology called agro-mulch. <!--more-->This technology uses plastic to cover the soil, which reduces the incidence of pests and diseases on the farm. 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