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Kenya's Organic Revolution
Wednesday, 03 December 2008 16:08

One of AAC's investees, East Africa Food Network was recently featured in Kenya Airways' in-fight magazine. Kenya Airways is proud to join the organic revolution in Kenya.

Proof that the organic food revolution which is sweeping the globe has firmly arrived in Kenya is provided by the example of the trail-blazing Kenyan company, Green Dreams. Originally based at a small farm in Tigoni, just outside Nairobi, green Dreams became Kenya's first certified organic supplier in 2005, and is now leading the country's organic revolution, launching an organic Box Scheme to deliver produce to consumers around Nairobi and opening two stores in the capital, which sell organic produce from across Kenya.

They have also helped set up a programme offering subsidized organic certification, training and marketing to hundreds of small-scale Kenyan farmers, who are then paid a premium for their increasingly sought-after products.

One particularly striking success story has been the Kibera Youth Reform Group, Dreams donated used irrigation equipment recycled from their original farm in Tigoni and provided the group with training. The results were spectacular; in under four months the group had transformed a local garbage dumping site into a stunning vegetable garden, and are currently making a tidy income out of their produce.

At Kenya Airways we are aware that our customers prefer to eat fresh, organic food when available and we are always striving to improve our menus and the food served on board. We are proud to be able to offer delicious fresh organic salads on our flights.