Lee Albaugh leads Thorn Tree with a variety of backgrounds including 30 years of work in Africa, residential and commercial construction in the US, managing director of Nesteam, which is a 501c3 non-profit doing work in Africa, coffee farming and marketing in Zambia and the US.
He is committed to introducing farming practices in Africa not just in word, but in action as the company works with the Luswepo Centre in Zambia, introducing Life Skills programs, forestry and farming at the Centre located near Lake Tanganyika at Makola village in the chieftancy of Tafuna and the District of Mpulungu.
As a Dealer for Mycorrhizal Applications, Inc., he is facilitating the introduction of the products to both commercial and subsistence farmers, believing that these products have shown capacity to increase productivity and profitability of farmers while being an answer to drought tolerance and efficient plant uptake of nutrients in a natural and green way.