Echo! Echo! Echo!

ECHO is not an echo in a cave…but an ECHO in the world.

ECHO is an information hub in which has been helping thousands of development workers and organizations around the world to better access vital information and other resources needed to improve food production and security for small-scale farmers and gardeners. ECHO operates Regional Impact Centers, located around the world to bring much-needed agricultural resources within reach of the small scale farmers that need them. Regional Impact Centers can be found in: Thailand, Arusha, Tanzania, and Burkina Faso. ECHO gathers solutions from around the world to help solve world hunger problems and disseminate them. The solutions promote sustainable farming techniques, nutritional plants, and appropriate technologies for areas. The ECHO International Headquarters is located near North Forth Myers, Florida. The campus includes the Global Farm and Research Center, Reference Library, Seed Bank, Tropical Fruit Nursery, Global Bookstore and Staff Offices.

From Urban Garden

How does a Michigander hear about this organization? 

I am apart of His House Campus Ministries. Every year during GVSU’s spring break, a group of students travel to the Fort Myers, Florida area to serve various sites and communities. Last March, I traveled down to Fort Myers, Florida for the first time. On the journey down, all I could hear was “ECHO! You havnt been to ECHO. You NEED to go!”. The experience at ECHO was unlike any other. Our day began with a tour of the grounds. Meeting various members and aspects of the grounds.

Our guide showed up various “environments” around the grounds in which they simulate different environments to help find the best growing techniques for planting fruits and vegetables.  After our tour, our group divided up onto various parts of the grounds to help with “spring cleaning”. It was an afternoon filled with fellowship and sweat, but experiences that I wouldn’t trade for the world.

ECHO is not an ECHO is a cave…but an ECHO is a world. It’s not always about going against nature and the environment but learning and working with nature. 

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Fruit from the Grounds for Lunch...YUM Starfruit 

To learn more about ECHO, please visit:http://echonet.org/