From growing spinach to supplying Shoprite, Checkers – how this farmer’s side hustle became big business

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Kepas Melodi, who was a foreman, started as a backyard farmer and now supplies hundreds of Shoprite and Checkers stores.

Kepas Melodi worked as a foreman at a fresh produce market in Hazyview, which had a shortage of spinach.

"Somewhere in October, we ran out of spinach," said Melodi."I then went to my backyard and started planting, and supplying the place where I worked." "This is something that happened because there was a need. When you are still young, you think of a lot of career paths, but as you get older, you realise where your strengths and opportunities lie," he said.

In 2010 Melodi was approached by international investors who worked with government and were willing to help grow his farm.

 

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