Host Daniel Blake speaks with Samuel Nderitu, who, together with his wife, Peris, is co-founder and co-director of the BGR partner organization G-BIACK (Grow Biointensive Agricultural Center of Kenya, www.g-biack.org). G-BIACK’s mission is to help eradicate poverty and improve poor communities’ health and living standards by promoting ecologically viable and sustainable agriculture and development strategies.
Both Samuel and Peris are certified graduates of Manor House Agricultural Centre (MHAC) Kitale, Kenya. Samuel also holds a diploma in community-based development and Peris in Community Health, majoring in HIV/AIDS. Samuel and Peris are public speakers and international representatives of Grow Biointensive (GB) method. Their Kenyan center has trained GB experts who then replicate the model in other communities and counties such as Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Tanzania, to name some.
In this episode, Dan and Samuel discuss G-BIACK’s work to help smallholder farmers produce healthy food for their families and communities and a reliable income. They discuss the pitfalls of using GMO seeds and chemicals and how Grow Biointensive agriculture methods can benefit the farmers for generations. Samuel also speaks about the challenges he has experienced, including obstacles with reaching out to smallholder farmers while competing with well-resourced large companies promoting GMO seeds and chemicals with fast results. Finally, Samuel speaks about the importance of empowering women and young girls and the trickle-down effect it has on changing farming and the culture at large.
Ep. 3 Samuel Nderitu, “Sustainable Change, One Seed At A Time” by Buddhist Global Relief is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
