Organic Farmers Market – NBI Dec 15th
***Please note that the event is for December 15th. and not dec 8th. Thanks.
The latest Globalvoices environment post is on conservation efforts in Zambia, South Africa and D.R Congo. It also includes some links from Phil in Kenya and Mr. SSerwanga in Uganda, writing about carbon footprints and land rights respectively.
While I was writing that roundup I came across the Kenya Organic Agricultural Network. They’ve got an excellent event planned for Saturday December Dec 15th .
You can find more details here. I sure hope the Kwani folks make it there, because that would be just wonderful. A combination of great organic food, music, poetry and exhibits showing renewable energy services in Kenya! Excuse me while I figure out a way to teleport myself there.
Check out what is planned…
This area will consist of 25-25 tents (10 x 10 ft and 25 x 25ft), where local organic
farmers and retailers will display and sell their produce and products, including at
least one tent devoted to information about organic food and farming run by the
Kenya Organic Agriculture Network (KOAN) and its members. Partners from East
Africa and beyond will be invited to give the market international flavour, offer
consumers a wide variety of choice and help stimulate regional trade.
Green Christmas Shopping
Purveyors of other types of environmentally friendly products and services will be
invited to exhibit at the market: natural health and beauty products, green crafts,
renewable energy services, recycled products, ecotourism, etc.
Organic Catering
Bridges Restaurant will provide fully organic catering services at reasonable prices.
Kamsitu Msituni
This nursery and garden centre will sell a variety of indigenous and useful exotic
trees, as well as organic gardening inputs such as compost and natural pest control
products.
Art Gallery
An art gallery will display and sell paintings and sculptures, focusing on smaller,
lower priced pieces to make art more accessible to the public.
Solar Cinema
A 50-seat cinema tent with projector or TV powered by solar PV will show
environment-themed films and documentaries for free. A solar cinema at an
Arboretum event in June 2007 featured the Academy Award-winning documentary
An Inconvenient Truth. Other films will be solicited from UNEP, KIFF/Alliance
Francaise and ZIFF.
Also from the same site, you can download the Bio Safety Bill, which I don’t know if its been passed or deffered till after the elections.
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AfroMusing November 6th, 2007 at 7:56 am
thanks for your comment
i) You are right, though I think in order to export and have your produce label organic, they have a certification process that takes into account the farming practices, esp. the use of pesticides. For Kenyan farmers to know how to get their stuff certified Organic is one of the goals of KOAN – In effect encouraging export of our horticultural goods (Note- I am not affiliated with KOAN but I am sure they can answer any other questions if you have any do post them) Thanks.
ii) Sorry I do not know about the Siaya situation…