Pakaraka Permaculture are passionate about growing real food for their community. They believe that the future of food is in small-scale local production – and they want to be a market garden of the future. But in order to get there, they need your help!
While the garden is already operating sustainably, the team want to reduce their ecological footprint even further, and get their gardens running just on sunshine. This means they need to purchase a solar power system, run a cool room, and deliver produce with an electric car. All of these steps cost money, which is why they’re reaching out to their crowd – and offering everything from sun salutations to strawberry runners in return! We had a chat to gardeners Yotam and Niva about why you should be getting on board:
Why do you think this campaign is so important?
Everyone eats, so they way our food is grown is everyone’s business. We felt that Running on Sunshine is a great model for what is possible and achievable. If we work together as a community on sustainable solutions we can change the future of food production.
What motivated you to reach out to your crowd?
Crowdfunding allows us to engage with people, involve them in how we grow the food, and allow them to contribute by helping us become even more sustainable.
What do you have planned for the rest of your campaign – anything for us to look forward to?
We have very cool rewards giveaways donated to us that we will release when we reach special milestones, so stay tuned! We will be hosting a farm tour on the 16th of April, which is a great opportunity to come and ask any questions you might have about the campaign. Registration is by email.
Anything you’d like to shout out to your crowd?
We are so blown away by the response to the campaign!! We think the world is ready for a food production revolution, and we are blessed to take part of it with all of you.
