{"id":302352,"date":"2022-09-13T08:28:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T06:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/support-nourishes-food-garden-project-20220913-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:09:30","slug":"support-nourishes-food-garden-project-20220913-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/support-nourishes-food-garden-project-20220913-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Support nourishes food garden project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"p\">\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_fedcc988\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Garden\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7130\/acd23f7f0d7947b18aa1ec3f189b9fe9.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7130\/dbf8d18014cc446d99432d916772339b.jpg\" title=\"Sechaba Tshabang (left), a community member, receiving a gardening starter kit from mentor Motsekuwa Mokoena. \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Sechaba Tshabang (left), a community member, receiving a gardening starter kit from mentor Motsekuwa Mokoena. <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Supplied<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The thriving Ntsoanatsatsi Educare Trust\u2019s food garden in Phuthaditjhaba, Qwaqwa, has received valuable support from a prominent South African supermarket group.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\n<p>The Shoprite Group has donated essential gardening resources that include seedlings, hand tools, organic fertiliser and watering cans. In addition, training manuals to equip community members with the knowledge on how to maintain their own food gardens and ensure sustainability were donated. This gesture is part of supporting greater food security programmes and addressing hunger.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\n<div class=\"p\">\n<div class=\"p\">\n<p>\u201cThe necessary education and training is also provided to ensure the garden\u2019s success,\u201d said Phahla Mathe, one of the community members who received a gardening starter kit. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful for Shoprite\u2019s support and excited to start our own gardens at home. My family will soon be enjoying more nutritious meals with my own home-grown fresh produce.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"p\">\n<div class=\"p\">\n<p>\u201cThis initiative addresses food security at a household level by equipping families to grow their own nutritious food for at least a year,\u201d said Sanjeev Raghubir, Shoprite sustainability manager.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\n<p>He said hunger relief and food security remain at the core of the group\u2019s corporate social investment programmes. The retailer supports more than 170 community food gardens and over 3\u2009400 home gardens, which impacts almost 50\u2009000 beneficiaries. 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