From Soil to Smartphone: Digital Solutions for Regenerative Agriculture
In March 2025, the Haller Farmers App received the Environmental Impact Award at the 9th Digital Leaders Impact Awards. This feature explores how the app is transforming access to regenerative agriculture for smallholder farmers across East Africa.
Sustainable Gastronomy Day 2025: Tropical Heat Beer Chicken with Novice Kitchen
To celebrate World Sustainable Gastronomy Day we’ve teamed up Novice Kitchen to share this flavour-packed Tropical Heat Beer Chicken recipe. Featuring sustainably harvested mango hot sauce and juicy chicken legs simmered in lager, this dish is a bold tribute to conscious cooking. 10% of all Tropical Heat sauce sales go to support smallholder farmers through Haller.
Restoring Land, Unlocking Opportunities: Nguuni Nature Sanctuary
Land degradation and desertification threaten billions worldwide, disrupting ecosystems, economies, and lives. As the world loses land equivalent to four football fields every minute, urgent restoration is key. Discover how initiatives like Kenya’s Nguuni Nature Sanctuary are reversing damage, empowering communities, and showcasing the vast environmental, economic, and social benefits of land restoration.
Tackling the Rising Tide of Plastic Pollution: World Environment Day 2025
Explore how Haller is tackling plastic pollution in Kenya this World Environment Day 2025, and why urgent global action is needed to stop the tide of plastic waste harming our planet.
Building Biodiversity: Why Smallholder Farmers Hold the Key to a Healthier Planet
Discover how smallholder farmers are key to protecting global biodiversity. The Haller Foundation's innovative approach combines traditional farming wisdom with modern technology to create sustainable ecosystems in East Africa. Learn about practical solutions for biodiversity conservation, from organic farming to digital education tools.
Conservation is Cultivation: Protecting Wildlife to Sustain Food Systems
Endangered Species Day reminds us that conservation isn't just about wildlife. It’s about food, farming, and future resilience. Learn how Haller is helping protect biodiversity to secure ecosystems that support smallholder farmers across Kenya.
Preserving Marine Ecosystems: World Turtle Day
Discover the urgent threats facing sea turtles—from plastic pollution to coastal development—and how Haller Kenya is taking local action to protect marine ecosystems. Join the effort this World Turtle Day.
Small but Mighty: Why Bees Are Essential to Our Future
Bees do more than make honey—they’re the backbone of our ecosystems. Learn how climate change, pesticides, and farming practices threaten them, and what can be done.
Haller’s 2024 Impact Report
Explore Haller’s 2024 Impact Report and see how our partnerships and scalable solutions are driving change across Kenya and beyond. Read the full report now.
Our Power, Our Planet: Haller Marks Earth Day 2025
Earth Day 2025 calls for a renewable revolution. With Kenya leading in geothermal energy and Haller supporting smallholder communities with sustainable power, the future is green.
The Legacy of Rachel Carson: Revisiting Silent Spring
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring ignited the modern environmental movement. Decades later, her warnings on pesticides remain urgent. Learn how Haller is driving change.
Healthy Beginnings and Hopeful Futures: World Health Day 2025
On World Health Day 2025, we highlight the urgent need to invest in maternal and newborn health in Kenya, tackling preventable deaths and improving futures.
How René Haller became a Wilding Pioneer – in Africa
René Haller transformed the barren landscape on the Kenyan coast from quarrying to a thriving eco-system. Environmental activist Julia Hales MBE has written on his life and the evolution of The Haller Foundation.
Exciting Volunteer Opportunity: Help Transform Our Children’s Library in Mombasa!
At Haller, we believe education is the key to a sustainable future. Our award-winning, solar-powered Education Centre in Mombasa has been a beacon of learning since 2006, home to Kenya’s first free children’s library. Every year, over 5,000 children from informal settlements visit this safe space, gaining access to books, IT resources, and vocational training.
Now, we’re looking for a passionate volunteer to help revitalise our children’s library in a hands-on, impactful way! This exciting project will take place over 4-6 weeks in April and May 2025.
Elevating Female Farmers: Driving Change Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Empowering female farmers across sub-Saharan Africa is key to driving economic growth, food security, and gender equality. Discover how organizations are unlocking opportunities for women in agriculture, helping them build sustainable livelihoods and break cycles of poverty.
Agriculture for All Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.
This International Women’s Day, Haller highlights the vital role of female farmers in combating poverty and food insecurity. Women perform up to 60% of agricultural labor in parts of Africa, yet their contributions remain overlooked. Discover how Haller empowers women with training, resources, and support to boost yields, improve livelihoods, and break cycles of inequality.
Using Agriculture to Restore Degraded Ecosystems
Restoring degraded ecosystems through sustainable agriculture—discover how Haller is empowering smallholder farmers in Kenya with organic alternatives to chemical fertilizers and pesticides. By improving soil health, conserving water, and boosting yields, we're helping communities combat climate change, protect biodiversity, and build resilient livelihoods. Learn more through the award-winning Haller Farmers app.
Harnessing Africa’s Youthquake: The Future of Climate, Agriculture, and Innovation
As part of Haller's 20th Birthday Celebration, we hosted a panel discussion addressing Africa’s population boom and its global implications. This thought-provoking session was chaired by journalist David Eades on Friday 20th September 2024, and hosted at Mondrian Investment Capital, London. On the panel sat Ed Paice, author of" Youth Quake: Why African Demography Matters to the Rest of the World", Noni Muchiri of BBC World Service, Jessica Hagen-Zanker from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and David Ngome, Haller Foundation trustee and development communications consultant at the International Fertiliser Development Centre (IFDC).
Adapting to Kenya’s Changing Climate
Adapting to climate change—learn how Haller is empowering Kenya’s smallholder farmers, particularly women, with sustainable farming techniques to combat droughts and flooding. Through water conservation, composting, and innovative planting methods, we’re helping communities secure their livelihoods and protect their environment for future generations.