Seed and Feed Drive empowers communities
Earth's Call Foundation's (ECF) Seed and Feed Drive hosted its very first awards ceremony at Nirvana Country House in December.
The project was launched mid-2020 with the aim of alleviating the food security issues faced by many rural communities.
To date, 15 school and community gardens and more than 40 household gardens have been set up and are running in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo.
These gardens provide sustainable and renewable food to both schools and communities in the areas in which they are based and with the continued support of ECF, will continue to do so.
The foundation provides support and education in the areas of companion planting, seed harvesting, permaculture practices and more.
Since the onset of the Seed and Feed Drive, a total of 101 624 seedlings and 334 299 seeds have been distributed with specific planting knowledge and training on the cultivars being provided.
These include spinach, beetroot, maize, beans, cabbage, onions, carrots, lettuce, butternut, pumpkin, hubbard squash and tomato.
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Nirvana Country House is an avid supporter of the ECF permaculture and quail breeding projects.
The foundation’s permaculture garden based at Nirvana Country House supplies a vast portion of Nirvana Restaurant’s vegetable requirements.
Award recipients included Embonisweni Primary School, Phatwa Secondary School, AA Khumalo Primary School, Phatwa Community Gardens, Backdoor Community Gardens, Enzani Primary, Takheleni Primary, Phumalanga Primary, Tsandzanani Primary, Matsulu Primary, Sibusisiwe Secondary, Funindlela Primary, Matsulu Community Gardens and Ashdown Community Gardens.
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