The deaf and hard-of-hearing youngsters at Levi’s Nek farm producencorn to feed their chickens, but also for their own consumption.Freshly harvested, the shucked corn is grilled over a wood fire in a homemade frying pan.
Under the guidance of Tsephane, the head of the educational farm set up by The Ivory Foundation at St Paul’s school in Leribe, 6 young students take care of the animals (chickens, cows and pigs) on a daily basis, and … Read More
Set up in January 2025, the greenhouse at Roosboom’s Halfway House is off to a great start! This is the fruit of the collective efforts of the entire garden team, who prepared the growing beds, installed the automatic watering system … Read More
Following a reorganisation of the terrace linked to the extension of the school, and the construction of a new canteen close to the vegetable garden, new containers were installed on the roof garden. The recycled plastic containers, cut in half … Read More
A lasting partnership has been established between the Farming our Future farm and the medical centre at Levi’s Nek in Lesotho. The deaf and hard-of-hearing young people from the farm set up by The Ivory Foundation are given a special … Read More
The Garden of Skills greenhouse provides a protected space for growing crops, complementing the nursery area.
To ensure efficient plant production in their greenhouse, The Ivory Foundation provided Dawady Farm with a system of bottomless trays to be positioned on the ground, in trenches previously dug to retain soil moisture. This system increases nursery yields, compared … Read More
To ensure the preparation and maintenance of the garden at Roosboom’s Halfway House, which has now doubled in size, a new team has been set up, reinforced by 4 women and 2 men from Roosboom. They work 3 days a … Read More
In 2024, The Ivory Foundation integrated Village Pilote into its seed production program in Senegal, installing a 200 m² greenhouse dedicated to the production of reproducible peasant seeds. Village Pilote is a Franco-Senegalese association created in 1994, which works to … Read More
Once the beds had been prepared, and the soil refined and weeded, the women of Roosboom set about preparing a typical bed, sown with carrots in rows close together, according to permaculture principles.In fact, we try to maximize production on … Read More
