Food Security

🌿 Permaculture in Action: Regenerating Land & Lives in Kenya and Uganda

At Umoja Greenlands, permaculture is a way of living in harmony with the land—guided by unity (umoja), ecological wisdom, and community empowerment. In Kenya and Uganda, we work hand-in-hand with local farmers to restore degraded soils, grow healthy food, and build climate resilience through nature-inspired solutions.

🌱 What Permaculture Looks Like Here

1. Regenerative Food Systems
Our gardens and farms are designed as living ecosystems that support people and planet. We integrate traditional crops, local vegetables, and long-term perennials to ensure food security, biodiversity, and ecological balance.

Key crops include:

• Maize

• Beans

• Cowpeas

• Sukuma Wiki (Kale)

• Tomato

• Black Nightshade

• Spider Plant

We also cultivate climate-smart and high-value species such as:

• Jerusalem artichoke – a hardy, nutritious root crop that thrives in dry conditions

• Capsicum (peppers) – versatile and valuable in both home use and local markets

• Coffee – grown under the canopy of fruit and shade trees, preserving forest-like diversity

These plants grow in polycultures that mimic natural ecosystems—reducing pests, regenerating soil, and producing food year-round.

2. Soil as the Foundation
Healthy soil is central to our work. We enrich it using compost, mulch, cover crops, and intercropping with legumes, creating fertility without dependence on synthetic inputs. Over time, the land becomes more productive, resilient, and alive.

3. Sustainable Building and Design
We build with local, natural materials—earth, bamboo, thatch—to create structures that are practical, beautiful, and adapted to the environment. These serve as homes, tool sheds, learning centers, and more.

4. Community Learning and Leadership
Umoja Greenlands is a space of shared knowledge. We run hands-on trainings, school garden programs, and demonstration plots where communities learn to design, grow, and care for their own regenerative systems.

5. Culturally Grounded, Ecologically Wise
Our approach is rooted in indigenous farming traditions and ecological principles. Permaculture here is not a foreign idea—it is a rediscovery and deepening of local wisdom, strengthened by tools that regenerate the land.

Umoja Greenlands is cultivating more than food—we are growing community, dignity, and a living future. One garden, one tree, one connection at a time.