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GEORGE NEWS - The George Municipality s Food Garden Project, which was revived at the end of last year, is off to a good start with over 250 gardens identified since the project s revitalisation in November last year.
Acting Deputy Director Strategic Services Joan Shaw said the coordinators connected with previous participants of the programme. News of the revived project started spreading and we expect to have at least 265 gardens established in this planting season. We are confident that numbers will grow as the project gathers momentum. We believe the Food Gardens Project can become a life-changing beacon of hope, she said.
Food gardens to feed victims of Covid-19 23 February 2021 - 07:26 Having a garden offers great potential for improving a household s food security with access to good nutrition, savings on food bills. Image: SUPPLIED
An initiative to establish food gardens in areas where the Covid-19 pandemic has severely affected households was recently rolled out by the City of Cape Town’s mayoral committee for urban management.
The Food Gardens Project forms part of the City’s Urban Management Support Programme’s initiative to establish sustainable food gardens that will help address food shortages in vulnerable communities.
Approximately R3m has been budgeted for the project. The funding will go towards providing targeted beneficiaries with farming kits that include seeds, fertiliser, equipment and training, among others.