Today sustainable agriculture is a popular concept in farming, although it can mean many different things. At ACF we used words like sustainable, green and regenerative to describe what we wanted to accomplish within our various projects. But we were unsure how exactly to implement them. Then we stumbled across Emma Naluyima, a farmer inContinue reading “Inspired Micro-Farm”
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ACF’s Founding Team
In the middle of the rainy season a group of women came together to form what would be ACF. It started as an idea where women in the community could exchange ideas and start projects together with the support of the Scottish Malawi Fund and Saint Andrews Macadamia (SAM). The group of five women cameContinue reading “ACF’s Founding Team”
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”
Building the Foundations for an Entrepreneurial Village
This month we broke ground on the foundations for SAM’s entrepreneurial village in Namadzi, a village an hour outside Blantyre, Malawi. After talking with the community, farm staff and touring other projects in Malawi our team had an idea what the needs and wants were in the Namadzi community. A group of six women cameContinue reading “Building the Foundations for an Entrepreneurial Village”
