What Drives Us
Harvest Craft is the fusion of Environmental Stewardship and Community Development. We seek to promote ecologically sound agricultural systems that aid in generating increased revenue for our partnering farmers to empower them to raise themselves out of poverty.
Our heart behind Harvest Craft stemmed from a desire to do developmental work effectively and holistically. We wanted to stop the handout culture, and to empower people overseas. At its core it's economic development; but it has become so much more than that. Through the success of projects, we have learned that when you are able to take care of basic essential needs, the possibilities are endless.
Our Haiti Team
Check out the Haiti Team interviews here.
Lead Agronomist
Magloire Lundy
Lundy is our full-time lead agronomist and manager for Harvest Craft in Haiti. He’s overseen the Haiti Center for Agroecology (HCA) program since 2019 and provided key leadership and structure in the development and rapid growth of the program.
Lundy’s background and university education as an agronomist make him a perfect fit for the HCA program and a trusted resource to the local farmer community. His enthusiasm for both the people and research made it possible for us to research, grow, and distribute various mixed vegetable and fruit crop species over the last couple of years.
He’s currently most excited to see the HCA programs expand across all of Haiti and grow beyond the 400+ farmers already connected to the program.
Agronomist
André-Paul Panta
André-Paul is another full-time technician with university training as an agronomist, working for the Haiti Center for Agroecology (HCA). Since joining the program at the HCA in 2021, his list of contributions is long. He helped cultivate the passion fruit growth on campus and drove the success of sales in the local marketplace. He has also supported the development and boom of the HCA tomato program, as well as hosted lectures on animal husbandry in our monthly training program.
André-Paul shares that his biggest pride in the HCA, is the real-life change and improved crop yields he sees from the attendees in the HCA programs.
Our Founders
Check out the story behind Harvest Craft here.
Co-Founder & CEO
Dr. Brendon Anthony
Brendon received his B.Sc. in Environmental Science from Biola University (BU), his M.Sc. in Horticulture from Washington State University and his Ph.D. in Horticulture from Colorado State University (CSU). Brendon’s area of expertise includes: plant/tree physiology, pomology, sustainable food systems and agroecology in perennial systems. He has published 20+ peer-reviewed journal articles, extension articles and book chapters on horticultural/agricultural-related topics.
Brendon serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Harvest Craft, leading the vision, curriculum and research of the Haiti Center for Agroecology (HCA), as well as leading fundraising efforts and managing the director team in the U.S. and Haiti.
Brendon also currently serves as a post-doctoral research fellow at CSU, as well as an adjunct professor of environmental sciences at BU. Brendon has a passion for utilizing agriculture as a tool to bring about social and environmental redemption and restoration. His extensive background in academia and the land-grant system has led to the formation of the HCA, Harvest Craft’s flagship program, which operates as a research and extension center for local Haitian farmers.
Co-Founder & COO
Craig Erickson
Craig received his B.A. degree at Biola University in Intercultural Studies with an emphasis in International Development. During college, he also studied abroad and interned with farmers in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, visiting many different farms on learning tours.
He lived in Haiti for a total of 5+ years, learning to speak the language and working with farmers and rural communities establishing national reforestation programs for Eden Reforestation Projects in tandem with the HCA. He moved back to the US in January of 2020 and continues to work for Eden full time as their Agroforestry Programs Manager establishing programs in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
Craig has received certificates in Tropical Reforestation & Landscape Management and Tropical Forest Restoration & Agroforestry from Yale University. He also has a certification in Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration from World Vision and a certification as a Forest Garden Specialist from The Forest Garden Training Center. Craig is a lifelong student of Agroecology and continues to visit sustainable farms in the US and abroad.