Food Security, July 22, 2021, 11:32 a.m.

Introducing TBFD Community Gardens!

Author: riaan@wecanchange.co.za

In 2020, Greenpop Co-Founder, Jeremy Loops rallied the support of his fans to raise over R700,000 to provide meals to communities who need it most.

Through a network of community kitchens and local suppliers, The Big Food Drive provided over 94 organisations with fresh produce over a 6-month period.  In total they provided over 100,000 meals to those in need.

Feeling energised by the support, but also determined to create something that could last and have an impact for generations, the TBFD team went away and began thinking of ways to make this sustainable and self-sufficient.
 

Introducing TBFD Community Food Gardens!

The Big Food Drive’s Community Gardens are fresh fruit and vegetable gardens built in communities in need, feeding their residents, and tended to by the communities themselves.

First they partnered with Urban Harvest, who have designed, installed and managed over 400 beautiful and productive food gardens since 2006. Greenpop has also come on board to support with the educational elements of the garden as well as the planting of indigenous vegetation.

And then, to prove that the vision was possible and scalable, they went ahead and built a garden and tended it all the way to its first harvest! 

Watch the video below to see the first TBFD Community Garden at Bhongolethu Primary School in Capri, Western Cape, South Africa.
 
 
Learn more about TBFD here.
 

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