Aquaponics farm keeps Orange Farm children fed
By Staff Reporter
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Johannesburg - Ten years ago, Inmed South Africa introduced the first school-based aquaponics system in the country at Pudumo Primary School in Orange Farm. Today, the system is still going strong, along with Inmed Aquaponics across the nation.
Inmed is non-profit international development organisation that has worked in more than 100 countries for over 30 years to build pathways for vulnerable children and families to achieve well-being and self-reliance.
Using plans for a simplified system developed by its parent organisation, Inmed Partnerships for Children brought it to life.
“The tiny team of Khumbudzo Manyaga, who was Inmed’s adaptive agriculture programme manager at the time, Lucas Stander and myself dug the holes for the fish tanks and the cement grow beds foundations,” said Janet Ogilvie, operations manager for Inmed South Africa.