Community Food Gardens Sell Their Fresh Harvest At Shoprite And Checkers’ Market Day
Community Food Gardens Sell Their Fresh Harvest At Shoprite And Checkers’ Market Day. Fresh and organically grown produce from 35 community food gardens were available for purchase directly to the public at selected Shoprite and Checkers supermarkets on Wednesday, 7 June 2023.
“For the first time since Market Day’s inception in 2017, community food gardens in Lesotho will also be selling their produce directly to the public. We’re very excited that Market Day keeps expanding and that we continue to support community food gardens to create sustainable livelihood opportunities in more ways.” said Sanjeev Raghubir, Sustainability Manager at the Shoprite Group.
Shoprite is committed to in communities and supports more than 200 community food gardens and over 3 500 home gardens, which impacts almost 55 000 beneficiaries. In the past year, more than 2 700 community members were trained in sustainable food gardening and the community food gardens collectively produced a harvest of more than 31 500 kg, providing almost 100 000 meals..
“By improving food security in the communities that we are a part of, we are almost making these communities more adaptive and resilient to a changing climate,” adds Raghubir. Since opening its first stores in 1979, Shoprite Holdings has had a bold vision for the future; a vision that would see the Group grow from strength to strength to become the leading food retailer it is today.
Shoprite has made it its responsibility to make a difference in the lives of the most vulnerable through the group’s various social investment programmes and initiatives in partnership with community organisations. The communities it serves are always at the core of its business and its social investment initiatives align with its purpose of uplifting lives by pioneering access to affordable goods and services, and creating economic opportunities.
