Source - The Cape Argus - 18 June 2009
Tents have much more to do than just offer shelter in poor communities, where a joint effort is teaching people the "joy of growing". These tents are "FoodTents", and with the help of sponsor Pam Golding Properties, eight will be erected at local community-based, non-profit organisations to help teach people to help themselves...
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FoodTents is one of the social enterprises run by heart. It exists to address the food insecurity crisis by supplying those most in need with an easy way to grow their own veggies. A FoodTent is a makeshift greenhouse that is 2m high, 4m wide and 9m long. It makes use of an adapted hydroponics methodology to enable people to provide fresh veggies for themselves on a continual basis.
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