Hello friends, 

I have decided to take on a half marathon in conjunction with my work charity Farm Africa on October 13. 

I will be running 13.1 miles, something I've never done before, to hopefully raise some much-needed funds for the charity, which is helping farmers and reducing food poverty in east Africa.

My job at The Grocer magazine has shown me how important food really is to us all,  and highlighted that all humans need to share their knowledge and technology to overcome the enormous challenge of climate change.

Farm Africa works in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda growing agriculture, protecting the environment and developing businesses in rural areas.

Africa possesses 60% of the world's uncultivated land suitable for crop production and has huge capacity for development. Farm Africa believes effective agriculture transforms lives. 

How your donation could help: 

• £5 could help to buy 10kg of forage seeds, so farmers can grow food for their livestock


• £12 could help to buy a high quality goat (as opposed to a low quality one - no one wants those!)


• £16 could help to pay for a farmer to hire help to bring in his harvest


• £22 could help to establish a forest products enterprise


• £50 could help to provide a farmer with the means to start a beekeeping business, including a hive, beekeeping equipment and a bee colony


• £125 could help to buy a horse, for help transporting coffee harvests

Thank you! 

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