{"id":130776,"date":"2022-10-17T13:15:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T06:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/enough-to-feed-a-family-of-four-kenyans-embrace-urban-farming-as-food-worries-rise\/"},"modified":"2022-10-17T13:49:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T06:49:04","slug":"enough-to-feed-a-family-of-four-kenyans-embrace-urban-farming-as-food-worries-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/enough-to-feed-a-family-of-four-kenyans-embrace-urban-farming-as-food-worries-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Enough to feed a family of four\u2019: Kenyans embrace urban farming as food worries rise"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFacing supply shortages, price hikes and the prevalent use of dangerous pesticides, city-dwellers are turning to homegrown foodOn the outskirts of Kenya\u2019s sprawling capital city of Nairobi, Nyambura Simiyu, a 35-year-old scientist, runs a farm in the back yard of her townhouse. She lives in a gated community \u2013 an unlikely place for farming \u2013 but keeps up to 200 animals at a time and grows enough vegetables for her family of four.Simiyu is one of a rising number of Kenyans growing their own food in the city. Elzie Chebet, who runs Organic Kitchen Gardens Kenya, says urban farming saw a dramatic increase after food supply chains were disrupted during the Covid pandemic. With limited space, some city-dwellers began growing produce in their kitchens and on balconies. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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