Ceferino Cenizo
Earth And Man is a regenerative community based farm, growing nourishing food and reconnecting people to the Earth through Biodynamic Farming practices.
Total amount contributed
$20.00 USD
Contributions
Budget
Transparent and open finances.
Debit from Ceferino Cenizo to Now What?! •
$20.00 USD
$82.00 USD
About
Earth And Man is a regenerative community based farm, growing nourishing food and reconnecting people to the Earth. We do this through growing food Biodynamically and creating a culture of soil, plant and animal stewardship.
In addition to building soil and growing vegetables, three key other focal points are:
Serve as a demonstration/learning farm: Hold regular workshops – e.g. growing your own food, seed saving, compost making, etc. Learning/practical/intern/research programmes with schools, colleges, universities and other institutions.
Serve as platform for community engagement: To discuss, engage and mobilise around various issues facing our food, food system and environment.
Support surrounding micro/subsistence farmers: Provide them access to market by aggregating their small individually produced quantities. Provide them access to inputs like seeds, compost, etc. at bulk discounted prices.
Globally, planet and society are facing serious challenges, some of which are: Topsoil erosion, deforestation, loss of biodiversity and species extinction, ocean acidification, water-table depletion, rocketing lifestyle diseases and climate calamities.
The situation is compounded in South Africa, with: • Annual topsoil loss of 200 million Tons (12,6 T/HA/Year) • Between 7 – 14 million people go to bed with an empty stomach each night (14%-28% of population), • 16 children dying of hunger every day o ¾ of young children don’t meet the minimum standard of nutritional intake, their ability to learn permanently damaged by hunger • An excessively high violent crime rate o Overwhelming evidence now linking severe childhood malnutrition to an increased propensity for violence in adulthood • 90% of all maize is GMO – only country in world with GMO as its staple food • Unemployment rate of 36,7%
Thus the project addresses our key societal problems: food sovereignty, meaningful employment, malnutrition, crime, climate change and heals the human-human and human-nature relationship.
Funding is required for key infrastructure items (irrigation, greenhouse, water tank, etc.) and materials (compost, seeds, shade and insect netting, etc.). A detailed breakdown is available on request.