Récolte de carottes à la ferme de Levi’s Nek, Lesotho

The young people at Levi’s Nek Farm harvested their carrots, the result of several weeks of careful tending. This activity illustrates the essential balance of the site: crops for sale, necessary for the farm’s economic viability, and a diverse local vegetable garden, designed to provide young people with a healthy, varied and balanced diet throughout the year.

The vegetables from the kitchen garden, including these freshly harvested carrots, reinforce the farm’s food self-sufficiency while allowing young people to learn agricultural techniques for a variety of crops: sowing, maintenance, crop rotation, sustainable soil management, etc.