Checkers’ market day: Carroll Shaw to sell their harvests
The Carroll Shaw Memorial Center will be at the Checkers in Tambotie Mall selling their fresh produce on May 16.
Emerging farmers from about 50 community food gardens across southern Africa will be participating in Market Day on May 16 at selected Shoprite and Checkers stores.
The Carroll Shaw Memorial Center will be one of these food gardens. The community can support them at Checkers Tambotie Mall.
“We support small-scale farmers by equipping them to grow food through agricultural practices that make them more adaptive and resilient to climate change. Market Day also allows them to generate alternative income by selling their fresh and organically grown produce directly to the public at our supermarkets, and gain valuable retail experience in the process,” Sanjeev Raghubir, head of Sustainability and CSI at the Shoprite Group said.
“For the first time since its launch in 2017, some of the community food gardens that we support in Botswana and Namibia will also bring their produce to market,” he added.
Sanjeev added hunger relief and food security are at the core of the group’s Act For Change programme through which it supports more than 230 food gardens and 4 000 home gardens – covering over 4.5 million square metres – indirectly impacting about 60 000 beneficiaries.
