How GiftTrees Permagardens Help Farmers Grow Food Year Round

How GiftTrees Permagardens Help Farmers Grow Food Year Round

By promoting GiftTrees, you help support sustainable permagardens like the one featured in this short film. These permagardens are a form of sustainable agroforestry that enables farmers to diversify crops and grow food year-round, reducing the months when families would previously go without food.

GiftTrees supports practical, on-the-ground solutions that strengthen food security while creating opportunities for income and employment within local communities.

What Permagardens Mean for Farmers and Food Security

Permagardens enable farmers to grow a wide range of crops within a carefully managed agroforestry system. This diversification ensures a more reliable, year-round food supply and reduces dependence on a single harvest season.

For farmers like Simon and Ngwatu, permagardens supported by GiftTrees have transformed how food is grown and shared. Their gardens are expanding by 20-40 square metres each month, increasing both production capacity and resilience.

Before receiving support from GiftTrees, Simon’s family would go without food during certain times of the year. The cost of seeds alone ranged between 150,000 and 200,000 Tanzanian shillings, placing an ongoing strain on the farm’s running costs.

Expanding Gardens, Jobs, and Local Opportunity

As permagardens expand, farmers can offer more jobs and training to members of their local community. The increased growing space enables a wide range of crop varieties and more consistent harvesting throughout the year.

With GiftTrees' support, Simon now produces a surplus of crops that can be sold across several market stalls. This surplus not only supports his family but also contributes to the broader local economy.

From Surplus Produce to Stronger Communities

The sale of surplus produce enables communities to reinvest locally. Income generated through permagardens supports improvements such as repairing roads and improving soil quality across the surrounding farmland.

By creating systems that provide food, income, and employment, permagardens help build long-term stability for families and communities rooted in sustainable agroforestry practices.

Growing Lasting Impact Through Permagardens

GiftTrees permagardens help farmers move beyond seasonal food shortages by creating year-round growing systems that support both people and land. Through crop diversification, local job creation, and improved food security, these gardens deliver practical benefits that strengthen entire communities.

By supporting GiftTrees, you help ensure that farmers like Simon and Ngwatu can continue expanding their permagardens and growing a more secure future, one harvest at a time.

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