know your farmer

GET INVOLVED: Tell gov to test our produce for toxic pesticides! See CleanFoodBelize.org

Letters sent by POB

Garden
Grow Guide
 


NEW CANNING
Instructions

Featured Organic Farmers

Videos of
Speaker Presentations


Our Business and Organization Supporters
      Know Your Food - Know Pro-Organic Belize
How to order from a Pesticide-Free Farmer | How to become a Member
MUST READS
  New Research shows glyphosate can interfere with insulin resistance
 
Glyphosate Implicated in Bee Die Offs
| Dr. Andre Leu: Regenerative Agriculture Nourishes the World & Group Organic Certification
New research on Glyphosate  | Top 10 Most Used Pesticides in Belize and Their Health Warnings  | Understanding Glyphosate | Glyphosate Facts
Our Mission: The mission of Pro-Organic Belize is to educate, inspire, and encourage farmers regarding the benefits and opportunities of a sustainable pro-organic system of agriculture that regenerates the soil, and to educate consumers on the health benefits of pesticide-free produce.

Objectives and Goals: Through education and supportive services, we help farmers and consumers understand the benefits and opportunities in growing and consuming organically grown food -- toward the essential shift in agriculture from using toxic chemicals that compromise the integrity of the environment, our food, our water, our soil, and our health -- to natural more cost-effective agricultural practices that promote
well-being and sustainability.

Projects and Activities
Sign up to receive event and activity announcements

Pro-Organic Belize Pesticide-Free Consumers Group
In response to many people now wanting to buy safer produce, POB has organized a pesticide-free consumers group, which started operating in the San Ignacio area in October 2016. Due to its success, membership opened to individuals, families and businesses in the Belmopan area and most recently to Spanish Lookout area, Placencia, and San Pedro residents.  If you wish to participate, send an email to proorganicbelize@gmail.com requesting to receive our pesticide-free farmer's harvest lists emailed to you every other week with full instructions. Click here for more details on how to purchase safer, cleaner, healthier produce to feed your family.

Dr. Stephanie Seneff

With other Belizean organizations concerned about the environment and food safety, we sponsored a project to bring globally recognized authority Dr. Stephani Seneff to Belize in April 2017. She testified before the Pesticide Control Board and spoke to farmers and the public about the dangers of using glyphosate on farmland. It is our intention to reveal the truth about the consequences to the environment and our health toward achieving a ban on glyphosate. Visit the ban-glyphosate website for articles, information, videos, and podcasts toward understanding this grave threat.


Organic Certification

Unlike many other countries, Belize has not yet implemented a regular program to test for toxic residues left on fruits & vegetables, locally grown or imported. According to the WTO (World Trade Org.), since we do not require testing for our own locally grown produce, imported produce coming from other countries is exempt from testing. We are working to foster a plan toward testing food to insure it is clean and safe to consume.


Meetings
All POB members and friends are welcome to attend general and board meetings. Meetings are held in person and online via zoom.


Monthly Programs
Speakers, presentations, farm visits, and other activities are generally held monthly. Presentations are held in person and online via zoom.

Click here for a list of past speakers and links to videos of speakers since 2021.

Sign up to receive event and activity announcements
 

We also participate in:

  • Conferences
  • Monthly participation at Barn & Grill market
  • Field Trips to visit organic farms and projects
  • World Food Day
  • National Agriculture Trade Show (NATS) is held yearly in Belmopan. In 2022 POB provided a variety of workshops relating to regenerative agriculture and gardening.
  • Sustainable Harvest International (SHI)
  • Belmopan BTIA Expo


Membership to Pro-Organic Belize:
  • $25/year general voting membership.
  • $100/year business membership for any organization or business wishing to support the Pro-Organic Belize mission. Supporters are authorized to display a special certificate and will receive a free ad on our website.
  • Student Membership is $5/year
  • Click here for additional membership info and registration form.

Sign up to receive event and activity announcements

CONTACT US






WHY PESTICIDE FREE ?
Answers Here


Sustainable Pesticide-Free Gardening



Book Offer:
Dirt to Soil: One family's Journey into Regenerative Agriculture

 dirt to
                            soil

 



logo


POB Tropical Garden
Grow Guide
Index


Check Out the Belize Ag Report
bagreport.logo


POB's Directory
of Business and Organizational Supporters


Sign up to receive event and activity announcements

Contact Pro-Organic Belize
Email
Phone 677-9658:

Facebook Group

UMBRELLA:
United Members of Belize Respecting the Environment, Land, Life, and Agriculture