Sack Gardening – Micro-farms Provide Nutrition in Kenyan Slums
Food security is a challenge in many low-income communities. Check how residents of Nairobi slums are harvesting their own food within small spaces.



What started as a way of improving food security has blossomed into a number of entrepreneurial ventures, driving an increased demand for fresh, local produce. Folks I met seemed proud of the independence that their doorstep gardens could provide. Many residents are rural migrants with roots in farming and are rekindling agricultural knowledge they had left behind, via their sack based micro-farms.
From my original article: Mathare’s Micro-farms and Market Gardens
How might we inspire those in low-income communities to grow their own food? How might we popularise sack gardening in new locations? How might we share nutritional information alongside sack gardening initiatives?
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