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Seeds for the students to practise organic vegetable production during the summer break

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3 August 2020: The Green Flower Foundation has arranged a summer organic vegetable production exercise from home for the students. Several students showed interest in being involved in the activity to grow organic vegetables in their backyards during the summer break. GFF supported them by developing a production guide book and providing necessities such as …

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Our commitments acknowledged by the Oromia Bureau

Blog / By Geraldine Martinez

Last May, we were visited by the Oromia Bureau. This supervisory body of the Oromia region visited the Bishoftu Polytechnic College to carry out an evaluation of our project. The experts provided a relevant analysis, raising avenues for improvement and recommendations for taking the project forward, but also highlighting our strengths. In particular, we received …

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Water flowing from the pump of the green flower foundation farm. Ethiopia (Bishoftu).

Water at the Green Flower Foundation’s Vegetable Farm

Blog / By Geraldine Martinez

Our partner, the Bishoftu Polytechnic College, gave 2000 sqm to be used to set up a vegetable farm. In order to conceive a sustainable farm, we had to face multiple challenges. The old diesel powered water pump, unused for the last forty-five years was one of them. It was defective and not usable. We decided …

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Teacher at the Green Flower Foundation Farm.

Meet Dereje Negasa, teacher.

Blog / By Geraldine Martinez

Dereje Negasa is from Gurudu region in Ethiopia. Gurudu is 262 km away from Addis Abeba and 165 km away from Bishoftu. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Plant Science and he is also certified in horticulture crops production. Dereje has been teaching Crop Production & Natural Resources at Bishoftu Polytechnic College for …

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Green Flower Foundation’s first harvest !

Blog / By Geraldine Martinez

In December 2018 the students of the Bishoftu Polytechnic College planted vegetable seeds (carrots, beans, Chinese cabbage, etc.). All started with the preparation of the groundwork. They had to plan, define and prepare the soil in accordance to the seed they wanted to grow. While the students learn theoretically in class how to grow vegetables …

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Meet Hailu Dejene, teacher and farm manager.

Blog / By Geraldine Martinez

Hailu Dejene is from Ambo, the Oromia Region in Ethiopia. Ambo is 110 km away from Addis Abeba and 165 km away from Bishoftu. He graduated from Jimma University with a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture. He is also certified in urban greenery, beautification and landscapes by the National Assessment Agency. Hailu has been teaching …

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