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GROW for Good challenge
20 – 25 October 2024
Support our all-women team as they work and cycle their way around regenerative agriculture farms in Embu County, Kenya, raising funds to grow better futures for female farmers.
What does GROW stand for?Â
GROW stands for Growing Resilience and Opportunities for Women. Women are the backbone of Africa’s farming workforce, yet life for rural women isn’t easy. In sub-Saharan Africa, 80% of agricultural production is by smallholder farmers and the female share of the agricultural labour force is the highest in the world. Farm Africa works to understand the challenges that women face in their local contexts and open up new opportunities across eastern Africa. We help them to develop new streams of income and work their way out of poverty.
And when women have more economic empowerment and more opportunities, it helps the whole community to grow and prosper.
The challenge
This October, our team of 12 intrepid women will spend three days working on female-run farms, cycling between villages and camping overnight. On the farms, the team will be helping with hands-on regenerative agriculture activities like composting and mulching, while experiencing life in rural Kenya and finding out about Farm Africa’s support for Village-Based Advisors (VBAs).
At the end of the challenge, the team will take part in a roundtable event with female industry leaders in Kenya to drive positive change for women in the global food system.
If your company is interested in attending or sponsoring this roundtable event on Friday 25 October, please get in touch.
Meet the participants
Our dedicated team comprises leaders from the UK food and farming industry, all united by a common goal: to support and empower women in agriculture.
- Judith Batchelar – Farm Africa Ambassador & NED
- Minette Batters – Farm Africa Ambassador
- Frances Bryan – Finsbury Foods
- Anne-Marie Cannon – RH Amar
- Mia Elizabeth Hartwell – Hubbub
- Jane Lockwood – Daemon
- Katie Major – Danish Crown
- Caroline Mason – Consultancy business
- Marnie Millard – NED
- Michelle Morris – University of Leeds
- Helen Newbrook – Savills
- Kate Taylor – ABP
"The GROW for Good Challenge is bringing together women across the global food system around the power of sustainable agriculture to change people’s lives and protect the environment. We are grateful to them for taking on this unique challenge and the impact they will make."
Anissa Msallem
Head of Partnerships, Farm Africa
Become a corporate sponsor
Get in touch to sponsor the challenge or Nairobi roundtable event.
Contact usCorporate sponsorship packages are available for the challenge as well as the Nairobi Roundtable event on Friday 25 October. Contact us today to learn how your company can contribute towards the GROW for Good Challenge and make a lasting impact on the lives of female farmers across eastern Africa.
Donate now
Help the team reach their target of £75,000 to support Farm Africa’s vital work.
Donate nowYour donation can:
- Grow incomes
- Grow resilience to climate change
- Grow agricultural knowledge
- Grow opportunities for women
- Grow strong, sustainable communities
- Every contribution, big or small, makes a significant difference.
