ACF BLOG

  • Welcoming Cows to ACF

    The ACF family is growing with the addition of dairy cows to the farm. ACF’s dairy project is designed to give members first hand training and experience caring for cattle and producing milk that will be sold in the farm shop and supply the nursery school’s morning meals. Sales from the milk will be invested… Read more

  • Graduation Day

    Last month ACF saw 24 students graduate from its nursery school. The graduates will attend primary school in September with a head start knowing their letters, numbers and some english . Currently, there are 78 students, aged three to five, at ACF’s nursery school. Students receive daily breakfast and lessons. Starting as a small farm… Read more

  • One year of ACF

    It’s been an eventful first year at ACF. Our few acres have been busy with construction work, planting and planning. As we build ACF from the ground up our core team of five women have developed new ideas and projects. Finishing touches are being made to our farm shop, office and meeting room. As well… Read more

  • Adding some spice to the garden

    ACF’s garden has been thriving with two harvests of juicy tomatoes, onions, cabbages and rape. These vegetables are staples in Malawian diets. The harvests were quick to sell on the farm but at low value. Most of ACF members have been growing these vegetables since they were children. To increase ACF’s revenue through its vegetable… Read more

  • First Honey Harvest

    ACF was a buzz with its first honey harvest this week. None of ACF’s members had worked with bees before, so the process of setting up the hives, working with the bees and harvesting honey was a huge learning curve for us all. Through a series of trainings ACF learnt each step of beekeeping. Finally,… Read more

  • A Water Problem

    Water at ACF has been our biggest challenge. During ACF’s first year we had floods followed by drought. Last year saw Cyclone Freddy dump unprecedented rains on ACF’s garden destroying our first planted crops, damaging roads and buildings that were under construction. This year, el Nino has cut the rainy season and left our soils… Read more