We are back in Cameroon, where I have been so fortunate to find Emmaculate Ambe.  Still attending University, acquiring her diploma in Agriculture Science, and specializing in food Technology, she is the future of agriculture.  How often have we spoken here about the lack of new blood entering the field of agriculture?   And that those who do, do so only because they do not have other options.  Emmaculate hails from the Southwestern region of Cameroon and has already started building her farm, Emmaculate Farm, although still a student. Growing up on a farm, many people cannot wait to get away.  Not Emmaculate.  [...]

In the Northern region of Ghana, Tamale, more precisely, I came across Diva Farms.  A small farm run by Ms. Belawu and two of her friends.   Diva Farms are all about growing healthy and chemically-free vegetables. And as she described herself and her friends. “We’re active climate change advocates, so our farming methodologies are not harsh, and we’re ECOINCLUSIVE and ECOFRIENDLY”.  “Our processes may take a bit more time”, Ms. Belawu tells me. “But we do not use chemicals on our plants.  We remove weeds by hand in our vegetable garden and minimize weeds in our preparation for planting, precisely to [...]