By Teresa Mellish
Last weekend, Ken, John, Eddy and I visited Shaad Olingo’s
farm in Muhoroni. I know that all of the
people who have volunteered in Kenya over the past 30 years with Farmers Helping Farmers know Shaad and
will recall his wonderful hospitality.
We tell all of our volunteers to feel free to ask Shaad anything- because
there is nothing he has not been asked
before by Canadians!
Anyway back to the farm, Shaad’s farm, called GAD-Hortec
(named after his three sons) is a two hour drive from Nakuru on the highway to
Kisumu. It has black soil and most
important, it has lots of water!!!
He is presently growing bananas, mangoes and papaya. He has also grown tomatoes, onions, kale and
potatoes.
He wants to dig a pond to store the water and then irrigate
his crops with the stored water.
The area where his farm is located in Nyanza county – we saw fields of sugar
cane and we learned that the county is food deficient so he should have no trouble
selling the food he produces.
It was a wonderful farm which Shaad was delighted to show
us.
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