Organic farm blossoms in Kenya’s largest slum

October 10th, 2008 · No Comments

by Xan Rice from the Gaurdian, UK

 Victor Matioli’s organic pumpkins are plump, his coriander aromatic and his spinach “very soft, sweet, and tasty”. His half-acre farm is a former rubbish dump in the heart of east Africa’s biggest slum.

So arresting is the sight of tall sunflowers growing amid the rust-coloured shacks and dirt paths of [...]

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