Carryou harvests first crops
After months of hard work Carryou Ministry harvested the first crops at their farming project in Vleikop.
The hard work of the past few months is starting to bear fruit – or in this case vegetables.
Carryou Ministry recently was given a ten-year lease on a smallholding in Vleikop on the outskirts of Randfontein and staff members erected two tunnels as part of a farming project.
This project will provide food for the organisation’s feeding schemes, generate income from the sale of surplus produce and provide employment, training and skills for a small number of unemployed people.
“We received an aid grant from the US Government to help get the project under way,” says Reverent Lawrence Mabaso, Carryou Ministry general manager.
Seed was provided by the Randfontein Local Municipality and private sponsors. Members of the surrounding community assist as volunteers for some of the projects. The project had its first harvest recently.
“We have harvested some spinach so far,” says Stephen Ngakane, manager at Vleikop.
“In the next couple of weeks we will be ready to pick onions, carrots, beetroot and cabbages.”
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