For more information on how increased food prices have been affecting life in Haiti, view

http://haitianalysis.com/2008/4/2/haiti-growing-concern-among-poor-over-...

The writer asks whether the Artibonite Valley could someday feed all of Haiti. It is a good question and one worth revisiting again.

Also, I was reading that hydroponics has been used in some of the most arid parts of Brazil successfully. Does anyone have direct experience with hydroponics and is there potential for Haiti?