Full Belly Project

The Full Belly Project Ltd is a non-profit organization based out of Wilmington, North Carolina, which designs labor-saving devices to improve the lives of people in developing communities. It was founded by Jock Brandis. Their main devices are the Universal Nut Sheller (UNS) and the Rocker Water Pump. The first device they designed, the UNS, started as a peanut sheller but was eventually used with other crops as well. It is now used for coffee, jatropha, neem, and shea in 35 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. From 2009 onwards, their research was focused on designing a water pump. The organization was dissolved in December 2020.