The retailer is incubating several food gardens in Mfume, Maqongqo, Inanda, KwaMashu and Newlands West and has distributed seedlings, fertiliser, gardening tools and more to assist community members to start and grow sustainable food gardens. Beneficiaries also received a training session on how to take care of their gardens.
Supporting food gardens is one of the many ways in which the Group ensures food security in under-resourced and vulnerable communities across South Africa. It supports more than 150 food gardens and over 2,500 home gardens - which impacts almost 17,000 beneficiaries - and in the past year trained more than 570 community members in sustainable food gardening.