JOHANNESBURG SOUTH – SOJO invited the guest speaker, Gina Leigh Shoemaker, to Thaba Eco Hotel on Friday, September 4, to discuss how synthetic fertilisers can cause leachate poison.
Gina, the managing director of Green Earth Concepts, holds qualifications in green waste recycling management, ornamental horticulture and commercial grounds maintenance. She also serves as an advisor on government projects focusing on organic recycling methodologies and organic waste assessments.
Gina explained to the audience, which included DA ward 56 Clr Dennis Jane, how vegetable and herb crops can be saved from drought by amending the soil with compost and top dressing with mulch.
Her teachings encouraged the audience to go green and grow their own healthy food. “Most vegetable production is not organic, harmful leachates by synthetic fertilizers pollute the ground water and kill micro-organisms in the soil,” Gina said.
