{"id":50068,"date":"2024-01-25T11:30:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T09:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/garden-to-feed-needy-20240125-3\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:47:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:47:25","slug":"garden-to-feed-needy-20240125-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/garden-to-feed-needy-20240125-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden to feed needy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_33326b04\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"These are the early stages of tomatoes. Photo: Sup\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10047\/4d76e4c4c6864ec5b430762395c5c9bd.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/24e1f9d4fa8044ceb8b3bcbebb92edc8.jpg\" title=\"These are the early stages of tomatoes. 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Photo: Supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\">Vista<\/span> <span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Supplied<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ra gardens is a vegetable garden business that produces food for the body and soul, it a business idea that was started by local Nyakallong boys who saw an opportunity in growing fruits and vegetables, and selling it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jabulani Skhosana and his team realised that many people had good land in their yards, but they do not grow anything so they started offering them an opportunity to assist each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The business was started in 2022, when Jabulani and his team decided to partner with the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a way to introduce farming in the communities and to teach people to grow their own food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially Jabulani saw how badly unemployment affected the community so him and his team started asking for space 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