Checkers comes to the aid of Alex urban famers with Little Garden
Checkers comes to aid of Alex urban farmers with a donation of 1 000 plants.
Checkers has donated more than 1 000 plants to the Modimo O Teng community food garden as part of its Little Garden 2 campaign.
The plants come from the billboard nursery that was erected in Sandton last month to celebrate the return of Checkers’ Little Garden, and includes kale, pelargonium, spinach, bok choy and flat-leaf parsley. The plants were delivered together with Food and Trees for Africa who are Checkers’ implementation partner.
The plants were handed over to the Modimo O Teng urban farmers in Alexandra, who started their farming project in 2011 with very little resources but it has been enjoying
support from Checkers since 2017 when garden members received a series of permaculture training sessions as well as tools, plant material and shade netting.
As a result, the members of the Modimo O Teng Co-op have not only secured long-term food security for their families’ well-being but are also earning some much-needed income through the sale of fresh produce to their community.
Checkers is part of the Shoprite Group, which has been supporting food gardens across South Africa since 2015. To date, the group has partnered with 119 community food gardens and 475 home gardens. This amounts to over 28 000 – the total number of people benefitting from this initiative.
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