1 growing communities global gardeners. 2 food, glorious food!

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Growing communities

Global gardeners

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Food, glorious food!

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Maize grown in Africa

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Orange trees in Brazil

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Mangoes in Senegal

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Lunch – freshly grown in Malawi

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Oranges in El Salvador – not ripe yet!

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A cacao pod ready for harvest.

Do you know what is made from the cacao bean?

CHOCOLATE!

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Meet some global gardeners

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JethroSchool garden monitor, Mthombotemba primary school, Zimbabwe

‘This garden’s very important because we need the beans and vegetables that we get from it. These crops help us.’

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NaomiRainwater harvesting in Kenya

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‘Here there is a really bad drought and so many people in this country are suffering. We have really been praying for rain ...’

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Alejandro Growing vegetables in a greenhouse, Bolivia – with some help from some wriggly worms

‘We make enough to eat and to sell, but only now that we have the compost from the worms. Before we only had enough for ourselves.’

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Bolivia

Bernardina Mendosa with her son in the family’s new greenhouse that is used for growing fruit and vegetables.

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HondurasCan you see which fruit Santo and his father Hernan are harvesting?

Pineapples!

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HondurasFrederico and his father Crispin covering seedlings to protect them from the sun.

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UKOrganic gardening at Hawes Down infant school

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Ibrahim Sitting in his mango tree, Senegal

As well as providing shade, this mango tree provides fruit for Ibrahim’s family to eat and sell.

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Watering potato plants in Senegal

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Clara and Sara, BoliviaTheir family grow cocoa seeds. Here, Clara opens the fruit of a cacao tree.

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Picking grapefruit in Bolivia

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Looking after the bean crop in Malawi

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Fankesi and the family’s treadle pump, Malawi

The family's main harvest failed because of the lack of water. But with the help of a water pump, the maize is now growing.

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Digging for grasshopper eggs in Mali

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Mintwab Attending an environment club in Ethiopia

'Our lives depend on plants and trees, so it's important to tell people to plant them instead of burning them and cutting them down.'