Workshops and trainings

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 vegetableContinue reading “Adding some spice to the garden”

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,Continue reading “First Honey Harvest”

Fruitful beginnings

When the first visions of ACF were coming into fruition blooming trees were at the forefront of its plans. A cashew orchard running a long the middle of farm, banana tress along its waterways and fruit trees along the fence line. ACF held its first seedling workshop its newly built nursery. Mr. Mapopa Banda fromContinue reading “Fruitful beginnings”

Intro to beekeeping

ACF held its first training, which was a beekeeping workshop. Bees not only will help pollinate the surrounding macadamia trees but provide a tasty product for the women to process and sell. Our founding members learned the basics of beekeeping and how to assemble hives from the Honey Den. The group set-up 10 hives during the training. Continue reading “Intro to beekeeping”