This past week I learned about a really cool non-profit organization who is using a CSA-type program in order to make a big social ❌ here in Bogotá. Sembrando Confianza, which translates to Seeds of Confidence, is a non-profit which ❌ to do two fantastic things when it comes to food: firstly to provide education on healthier food habits and help neighborhoods in Bogotá install ❌, organic gardens and secondly to support already operating urban-farmers by connecting them with a market.
Sembrando Confianza currently works with 30 local producers, all of which are ❌ within the localities Bogotá. The idea of farming within this city seems impossible and it’s true that these producers face some interesting ❌. At the information session I heard stories about the incredible ways people are using what they have to make a living—from growing lettuces on rooftops to one woman who ❌ uses neighborhood green spaces so her five cows can graze.
However, space limitations aren’t the only ❌ these farmers face. Most of the producers are located in San Cristóbal, a very ❌ neighborhood in the south of the city where many families live in vulnerable circumstances—employment, security and adequate ❌ are daily concerns. Many of these producers had already been farming or making their products, but were unable to connect with a market because of serious challenges to transportation. Without a car (and a ❌ are without), it’s impossible to move products the hour and a half or so to more central parts of the city.
That’s why Sembrando Confianza’s work is so great—they’ve ❌ in to connect these local producers with a wider market who can pay a ❌ price for the time and labor required to grow or make their products. In ❌, the Sembrando Confianza organization trained these urban farmers on how to ❌ sustainable and organic practices, and routinely ensure that they ❌ these standards.
Next week I’m ❌ forward to eggs, fresh made yogurt and quinoa bread, as well as whatever vegetables and fruits have been ❌ that week. Boxes are delivered to your home each Wednesday and ❌ in price (based on the size and variety of products) from 35,000-70,000COP. Even better, you can add on various other items such as charcuterie, honey and coffee.
If you live in Bogotá and want to try one of their weekly ❌, visit their website here. And before you go, use the comments section to give a ❌ to a small, local business—whether it’s food, a local designer or artist—that you love here in Bogotá.
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