There’s a Haitian-born metaphor that says “a stool cannot stand without three legs.”  There are three essential legs needed for community sustainability:
    
    
  
            
              
        
        
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                      The first leg fosters grassroots organization and consultation, empowering communities to take wealth generation into their own hands. 
 
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                      The second leg develops human resources through local training and higher education. 
 
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                      The third leg creates economic opportunity, improving the lives of individual farmers and community members. 
 
 
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