Tyson Foods, Cobb-Vantress partner with OneEgg to launch sustainable egg farm in Haiti
by May 3, 2017 4:30 pm 512 views
In an effort to combat hunger in Haiti, Tyson Foods announced Wednesday (May 3) a $341,490 grant to the nonprofit group OneEgg to build an egg-producing farm in Haiti.
The eggs will be given to undernourished children, while also establishing an “economically sustainable business model from the sale of eggs produced at the farm” according to a Tyson Foods news release.
Employees of Tyson Foods and its wholly owned subsidiary, Cobb-Vantress, have provided technical assistance and training to previous OneEgg projects in Rwanda and Uganda, but Haiti marks the first financial commitment from the company.
The farm will produce a continuous supply of eggs for sale in local markets, while providing new jobs for local residents.
Proceeds from the project will remain in Haiti and keep the farm operational, according to the company
“We’re extremely grateful to Tyson Foods and Cobb-Vantress for this generous gift to OneEgg Haiti,” OneEgg Executive Diretor Chris Ordway said in the release. “The opportunity to create a sustainable, egg-producing farm will have a lasting and life-changing impact on the people of Haiti.”
The project, according to Tyson Foods, will also include research, education and outreach efforts to continue to investigate the value of eggs on children’s physical development, and to share the farm business model with others in developing countries that could implement it.
Faculty and students from the University of Arkansas Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences and the U of A System Division of Agriculture will document the farm’s construction and economic model while conducting nutrition research on children receiving eggs as a means of project evaluation. The results will ultimately be published and presented throughout the agricultural academic community.
Once the farm is producing at full-capacity, it will feature three laying houses and a brooding house capable of holding 10,500 birds that will lay 6,000 to 7,000 eggs a day.