How a farmerâs sales strategy turned her parentsâ garden into a family business
When the Nyaigoti family came to Massachusetts from Kenya, they brought the seeds they would need to keep growing their favorite vegetables. Those seeds also grew a business.
By Jocelyn Ruggiero Globe correspondent,Updated May 4, 2021, 10:57 a.m.
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The second in a series of stories looking at BIPOC farmers in New England.
LANCASTER â Six days a week, May through October, 33-year-old Henrietta Nyaigoti arrives at Flats Mentor Farm by 7 a.m. She waters the inside of her two high tunnels, checks the progress of the vegetables growing there, and walks her familyâs 2 acres to assess any damage from pests and weather. During planting season, she puts seeds in the ground, and during growing season, tills weeds and makes any necessary soil amendments. At 2:30 p.m. on weekdays, she drives 15 minutes home, where she lives with her two young daughters, then showers and chan
THE STANDARD
POLITICS
Nyamira Assembly MCAs exchange blows and kicks April 13 following protests. [Photo: Stanley Ongwae, Standard.]
Nyamira County Assembly was yesterday turned into a boxing ring when ward representatives exchanged blows after failing to agree on the House business.
Shouts and whistle sounds rent the air as chaos unfolded on the floor of the assembly.
The Members of County Assembly (MCAs) had differed on the order of business to be debated, with some feeling that there was no transparency on certain issues.
Bomwagamo Ward Rep Charles Barongo protested that the day’s Order Paper was not circulated in time, yet it contained contentious issues which had caused divisions among them last week.
Watch: Nyamira MCAs Exchange Blows and Kicks inside County Assembly
There was drama at the Nyamira County Assembly on Tuesday morning after MCAs turned the floor of the House into a boxing ring over the dewhipping of some MCAs from crucial committees
The MCAs exchanged blows and kicks after disagreeing over the introduction of a new name in the Committee of Appointments report.
An earlier report from Nyamira governor Amos Nyaribo had featured four names with a promise that the fifth nominee would be confirmed later.
The committee later settled on all five names, with the fifth nominee scheduled for later vetting.