People's Post Retreat - 11 August 2020

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Free Food Kitchen has launched two vegetable gardens in conjunction with their kitchens and plans to start a third garden in Smallville near Schaapkraal. PHOTO: FREE FOOD KITCHEN

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ith thousands of people having lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic, food security in many communities in the Cape has become critical. This need to feed has prompted residents to make use of their green fingers and to get to work on planting community gardens to help sustain locals in one way or another. Adrian Williams, a community leader and an integral part of the Free Food Kitchen (FFK) initiative, says their aim is to feed every living being in the community. “We have the kitchens where we feed

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people and others for animals. Now we’re linking the gardens to this project so we can feed the community at large,” says Williams, the FFK general assistant and coordinator for the Lavender Hill and Smallville community gardens. The project has its roots, however, in yoga. “We started last year (as Revolutionary Yoga) in April, doing yoga in Ottery and Hanover Park and Bokmakierie, and then we found that the kids were restless because they were hungry. That’s when we started cooking on a Saturday. And then with (the outbreak of) Covid-19, we increased the food kitchens, including Lavender Hill and many others. We were feeding the humans and then we discovered the animals were also suffering,” says Williams.

The feeding kitchens came together with the help of teams of people from the community – and without meat as an ingredient. “We supply them with dry ingredients and the vegetables, and they set out their own menus. And so far the communities have been enjoying this healthy eating – they have their own spices and they don’t even miss the meat.” In July, they launched two gardens – in Lavender Hill and Hazeldene – to facilitate their goals to feed the people, planting the seeds to grow self-sustaining ingredients for the kitchens. But until then, collaboration and donations are key. “It takes up to three months to harvest the vegetables. But we got a donation from a Bo-Kaap gardener and harvested spinach

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from there – and we will do the same, we will support them too (when our harvests are ready). We also get contributions from overseas.” The FFK’s plans for the future include opening another garden to assist their kitchen in Smallville informal settlement near Schaapkraal, as well as opening libraries adjoining each of their six food kitchens. “The gardening educates the kids. The kids are there even before us; they keep an eye on it, and that keeps them off the streets, especially now with them being home (as a result of the lockdown). We plan to buy a container for each kitchen so the kids can sit and read,” concludes Williams. V Visit Free Food Kitchen at https://freefoodkitchen.com/ to donate or for more information.

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