How we do it.
Decentralising Agriculture
90% of employment opportunities in Africa come from the women led informal economy. Former homesteads rely on intergenerational learning to navigate ecological challenges compounded by climate change and poor access to education, while high value exports remain indigenous natural resources and cultural commodities. How might we tip the scale?
We envision it as the largest commercial community garden in the world.
Why Now
To balance the scales of inequity, government mandates mines fund development in the communities they displace and our operating structure has lead advantage
As a black woman, youth owned organisation we qualify for the highest preferential procurement under South Africa’s Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment policy
Process
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Development resources provided by mines to build cooperative farms
Mines have the land, community relationships and funding available
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Substrate bag subscriptions to fill greenhouses
Cooperative greenhouse management fits into local collectivist social dynamics
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Yield buy back to guarantee commercial opportunity
Yield aggregation and quality control support commercial retail demand
