The Hummingbird Project

The primary purpose of the Hummingbird Project is to create sustainable systems using permaculture principles that enhance and benefit communities by educating and empowering individuals to improve quality of life and foster stewardship of the earth. The Hummingbird Project empowers communities devastated by industrialized, chemical farming practices to regain control over their food supply. We provide educational instruction that is fun, simple, and effective so that our students can implement and replicate the sustainable farming practices they learn. In so doing, we support a new generation of farmers as they end the cycle of poverty and rebuild their communities— one farm and one family at a time. Hummingbird HistoryThe husband and wife team that co-founded THP—Chris Kennedy and Marilyn McHugh—are a dynamic duo with the perfect combination of experience; Chris is a schoolteacher and Marilyn is a biologist. They can be found digging in the dirt side-by-side in East Africa, India, and throughout the United States, where they lead an ongoing series of successful permaculture training courses. In 2010, the newlyweds left their jobs to take a yearlong ‘round-the-world honeymoon. Halfway through the trip, in East Africa, their lives were changed forever after they volunteered on several development projects and discovered a passion for service. Since then, they have been devoted to assisting and empowering individuals in resource poor locales. In 2012 The Hummingbird Project was officially granted 501(c)(3) non-profit status in the United States.