For Greyton Transition Town to review
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- Is this description of Valley Food Gardens correct? What would you like to change?
- Are all five hubs still running, and which have become nursery businesses?
- What does the project need to raise this year, and for what?
- Should readers reach you through the moderators, or would you like a public contact listed?
Valley Food Gardens is a non-profit food security project started by Greyton Transition Town, a registered non-profit [MS]. It began in 2020 as part of the Red Cross response to Covid-19 [MS]. Its aim is to help families in the valley grow their own vegetables, so they spend less on food, eat a wider range of food, and can sell what they do not need [MS].
It set up five community hubs, in Genadendal, Heuwelkroon, Bereaville, Voorstekraal, and Greyton, where households could collect free seedlings [MS]. At the start, 800 families each received a voucher for 40 vegetable seedlings, with a simple guide to growing them [MS]. The hubs are being helped to become nursery businesses of their own [MS].
Needs
- Donations for seedling and compost packs for households, a nutrition education campaign, the gardening hubs, and a coordinator’s stipend [MS]
Offers
- Seedlings, compost, and coaching for home vegetable gardens [MS]
- Help to set up gardens at schools and homes [MS]
- Short courses in permaculture, composting, and pest control, and guided walks on medicinal plants [MS]
- Vegetable boxes with surplus produce [MS]
How to get involved
Donate through the GivenGain campaign or follow the project on Facebook. For anything else, contact the moderators via How to Submit.
Related
- Pigs to Plants
- Greyton Red Cross
- Rotary Club of Greyton, which also runs a food security project