Partners

SLAEF is proud to partner with CLEAR Caribbean, a leading Caribbean-based organization dedicated to strengthening livelihoods, protecting ecosystems, and building resilience to climate change across the region.

Through our collaboration, SLAEF and CLEAR Caribbean have joined forces in the Ridge to Reef Initiative, an integrated approach that recognizes the direct connection between land-based agricultural practices and the health of marine ecosystems. What happens on farms upstream has a measurable impact on rivers, coastal waters, and coral reefs downstream.

The Ridge to Reef Initiative seeks to gather scientific and community-based evidence demonstrating that permaculture and regenerative farming practices are among the most effective and sustainable methods for food production in the Caribbean. By reducing or eliminating the use of harmful pesticides, herbicides, and chemical fertilizers, permaculture systems help prevent agricultural runoff that pollutes waterways and damages sensitive coral reef ecosystems.

Alongside CLEAR Caribbean, SLAEF also partners with the Soufrière Coral Gardeners, a community-based group working directly with CLEAR to restore and protect coral reefs in Saint Lucia. The Coral Gardeners support coral restoration through hands-on reef monitoring, coral nursery maintenance, and outplanting activities that strengthen reef resilience and biodiversity.

This partnership aligns closely with CLEAR Caribbean’s mission to protect and restore coral reefs and coastal ecosystems, while supporting community livelihoods. It also reinforces SLAEF’s commitment to climate-smart agriculture, environmental stewardship, and public health. Together, we are working to show that healthy soils, healthy food, and healthy oceans are inseparably linked.

Through Ridge to Reef, SLAEF, CLEAR Caribbean, and the Soufrière Coral Gardeners aim to influence farming practices, inform policy, and promote solutions that benefit farmers, communities, and marine ecosystems, creating a more resilient and sustainable future from the land to the sea.