Hi, my name is Sarah and I have been developing and building sustainable food systems in arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya. In this area, human wildlife conflict and desertification are huge problems and combining to create high levels of food insecurity.

By helping move away from chemical use in agriculture and skill building in water harvesting and soil health we are not only boosting food security but nutrition as well.

Healthy soil leads to healthy plants which leads to healthy humans which leads to healthy planet. We are tackling climate change from the ground up, growing more nutritious food, storing more carbon and ultimately helping combat climate change through regenerative agriculture.

Using permaculture principles, I have been mentoring locals in developing their own village community gardens. The project has been gaining traction and I have been asked to return to Amboseli to continue.

I’ve been working with mostly Maasai communities (typically nomadic pastoralists) excited to grow their own food and become more independent. One of the communities has a partially complete borehole system that would benefit immensely from some additional infrastructure. Storage tanks, tank supports, and elephant fencing would allow them to build gardens within the fence boundary that would provide nutritious, chemical free food for the families living in the two adjacent villages and serve as a demonstration garden for the surrounding areas. With a high level of community engagement and interest already, the positive change from this garden will hopefully spread "over the fence" to other communities as they learn from each other.

Please help me build sustainable food systems so we can start building better health for the planet and all its creatures.