The Situation
More than 160 million people in Africa are facing food shortages and extreme hunger.
Every 48 seconds, someone is dying of hunger in Africa.
It's time to put an end to the crisis.
WHY AQUAPONICS?
80% LESS WATER
In the Sahel, there isn't much water to come by all year. Aquaponics is a soil-less method of farming, reducing water usage by 80% compared to traditional farming.
HARVEST EVERY WEEK
Currently, farmers can only grow and harvest during the rainy season (3 months or less). Aquaponics would provide a harvest every week, all year round.
BUILT FOR TOUGH ENVIRONMENTS
The desert heat isn't friendly to farmers. But aquaponics can be controlled with more flexibility than other solutions, built to withstand the harshest of growing environments.
Together, we can end the food crisis in Africa.
To kick off the first of many aquaponics systems, we are launching a $100K campaign.
Our goal is to raise $100,000 to fund the first two aquaponics systems that will be used for testing and training for the remaining systems.
Would you join us in making this a reality for our partners?
WHY LEATHER + IRON?
Since 2017, Leather + Iron has been partnering with resilient local leaders in Africa who are passionate to change their local communities. Reaching into the hardest-to-reach places, we train our partners in 11 countries on entrepreneurship, agribusiness, sports, and more to help solve real needs in impactful, replicable, and scalable ways.
We've partnered with an organization in Colorado Springs that already has built 40 third-world friendly aquaponic systems in countries around the world. By linking arms with them and building their OASYS system, we're one step ahead bringing the food crisis down.
See the Plan in Action
If fully funded, our goal is to begin construction on two test sites by Spring 2024.
Site #1 will be built in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, next to our headquarters.
Site #2 will be built in Senegal, Africa.
These two sites will be used as a spot to test localized crops and as a training ground for anyone who would like to learn as we expand into more countries and locations.
