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Unemployed young people from the Langa community in Cape Town will learn how to set up their own urban farms - from a mall rooftop. | News24_Business

Kenilworth CentreApart from addressing food insecurity, the project also aims to upskill unemployed youths from the Langa community.For more financial news, go to the Unemployed young people from the Langa community in Cape Town will learn how to set up their own urban farms - from a mall rooftop.

The skills development programme is one of the benefits of a new retail urban rooftop farm - the HandPicked CityFarm - launched at the Kenilworth Centre in Cape Town this week.Mr Price Foundation's HandPicked programmeThe project – which will upskill two Langa youths per month, or 24 over a year – is to be funded by farm produce. By the end of the training, the beneficiaries will be provided with resources to set up their own urban farms and generate income from the produce they sell.

The urban farm has offtake agreements with iChilli le Langa, which will use crops like chillies for the sauce it produces. Mall restaurants can also purchase vegetables from the farm, and a kiosk or pop-up store in the mall will also sell produce.Climate Future Weekly An overview of the challenges and opportunities of the climate crisis, as it changes the world we know.

 

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