My experience on working with the farmers
My involvement on working with the farmers was enthusiastic and was I was looking forward to what was going to happen? Yes I was, since this was my first time on getting ma hands dirty but I was also interested on the knowledge I was getting and being taught. Farming might sound easier to some people and I was one of those people, from growing crops, watering, protecting them from freeze damage, heart damage and how to keep animals away from damaging the plants. Not all of this is easy a lot of effort is put in.
The name of the farmer I was working with
was Mme Mathabo who was working with other grannies, she is a committed,
hardworking women who plants and produces vegetables and herbs. I was supposed
to do this procedure and accomplish it as an assignment called Food Security.
The whole idea was for me and my group members to have a specific farmer and
focus on helping her to create a good communication between the famer and its
public. We were put in a test to create different communication tools, such as
posters, flyers, printed pictures and social media networks to address and for
people to be aware of mme Mathabo. Theses might have been a small farm but we
were determined in reaching our goal at Soweto in Tladi where the farm
situated.
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| 30th march assisting the grannies in cleaning the farm. |
As a group we reached out to nearby markets
and street venders, our intention was to advertise to get more buyers for mme
Mathabo. What I have uncounted made me to notice that farming in most cases
doesn’t make money or profit, I got to perceive
how the grannies and mme Mathabo were coping in terms of having
customers and also how having the enough materials for farming was an issue.
The best exprince I had to undergo with the grannies and my group was on the 30th
of March when we went to the farm to assist the ladies on cleaning and reaching
out to the young community members of Tladi for them to help and support the
grannies. During my work experience I have observed that where the grannies
were farming occurred theft, these were individuals who were addicted to drugs
called Nyaope, they came to the municipality premises and buildings to violet
the place. During ma encounter I had learn and got to plant vegetables seeds
such as spinach, carrots, cabbage, onions, beetroot and herbs and the most
selling veggie was spinach.
During this process I was responsible on
things like being entrusted for communication. I was supposed to speak and
message with the leader of the universal church youth about the specific dates
were the youth will be available to come to the farm and assist the ladies. As
a group we reached Jozi@work as potential a stakeholder that usually plays a
big part in communities, Cash-build to sponsor us and provide the farmers with
enough materials they need to plant. I have gained various experience in terms
of farming business and the challenges that occurred when raising plants.
