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In Photos: Haiti's Poultry Industry

May 26, 2016 | The Tennessean
By
Larry McCormack and Jamie McGee

Chickens are raised in a farmer's coop in Gressier. Middle Tennessee nonprofit KORE Foundation is combating poverty in rural Haiti with the help of chickens. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Before they are transported to farms, chicks are stacked at Haiti Broilers in Lafiteau, Haiti. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Weshel Charlemagne tends to his chickens in a coop built by the KORE Foundation. He will have paid off his loans and be an independent farmer by this summer. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

KORE's national director Robenson Desir speaks with farmers Dominique Koreus and Nalia Chery. The husband and wife have been growing beans and corn and began raising chickens in January to increase their earnings. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Tehran Hypolite speaks with KORE's national director Robenson Desir about the chickens she is raising. The income allows her to pay for her children's food and education. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Robenson Desir is KORE's national director. The organization works with 185 farmers and directly employs about 30 Haitians. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

A local chicken farmer loads a truck with chickens to be processed. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Women sell imported chicken parts at a Port-au-Prince market. The imported meat is sold at a lower cost than locally raised birds. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Imported chicken are sold in a Port-au-Prince market. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Street vendors in Port-au-Prince come to town with chickens in their hands and clothes and other merchandise balanced on their heads. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

A rooster is sold at an outdoor marketplace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Women sell indigenous chicken at an outdoor marketplace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Indigenous chickens are sold in a Port-au-Prince market. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Shoppers and merchants navigate the close quarters in a local market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Wished Charlemagne will have paid off his loans to KORE and be an independent contractor by this summer. The income has allowed him to pay for repairs to his home and provide food for his wife and infant daughter. "I will have a feeling of accomplishment," he said. "It was a lot of work to start and finish the whole process." Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Imported chicken parts are sold in a Port-au-Prince market. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Men load feed into a truck at Haiti Broilers in Lafiteau, Haiti. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Feed is mixed and packaged at Haiti Broilers in Lafiteau, Haiti. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Chicks peak out of crates at Haiti Broilers in Lafiteau, Haiti. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

A worker at Haiti Broilers stacks crates of chicks in Lafiteau, Haiti. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Rosette Volmar, a mother of seven, lost her husband and home in the 2010 earthquake. She is hoping chicken farming will offer her a reliable income stream. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

KORE operators process locally raised chickens at KORE's small facility in Gressier, Haiti. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Chicken is processed at KORE's facility in Gressier. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Chicken is processed at KORE's facility in Gressier. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Chicken is processed at KORE's facility in Gressier. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Chicken is processed at KORE's facility in Gressier. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Chicken is processed at KORE's facility in Gressier. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Children at a children's home in Gressier cut apart processed chicken to be cooked for dinner. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Haitian hands prepare and cook chicken over an open fire inside an orphanage. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Children at an orphanage in Gressier, Haiti, eat chicken raised by KORE Foundation farmers. The chicken serves as a source of protein to combat malnutrition. Image by Larry McCormack. Haiti, 2016.

Middle Tennessee nonprofit KORE Foundation is combating poverty in rural Haiti with the help of chickens. Grantees Larry McCormack and Jamie McGee report for The Tennessean.

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