Wonderful story about our friend Dr. Amy Franklin of Farms for Orphans (FFO). We at Ento Nation feel very strongly about the work that FFO does and would ask that you support them in any way that you can…you can hear our podcast interview with Dr. Franklin by clicking here.
She was inspired to start her own charity after the 2013 adoption of her 3-year-old son and 13-month-old daughter. When they were adopted, the children were so small and malnourished that they didn’t meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention standard growth chart. “It got us thinking about how human potential is lost because of poor nutrition,” Franklin said. Franklin first explored farming traditional protein sources like poultry or goats but found the Congo orphanages had little land or resources to start such an operation…
Farms for Orphans started the larvae farming project last year. Franklin, who returns to Congo quarterly, said the organization has impacted 1,200 kids. “She’s helping to feed a really vulnerable population with a food that they love,” said Wendy Lu McGill, a Farms for Orphans board member who runs a Denver-based edible insect farm called Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch. The organization could soon expand to include edible crickets and mealworms.
Click here to visit the Farms for Orphans website. Please consider donating today!
