Green Villages: Kitchen Gardens for Drought‑Hit Families

In northern Kenya, when drought hits, food prices explode. A single cabbage can cost $5 — far beyond the reach of a pastoralist family that has lost their livestock. Malnutrition rises, children weaken, and families go days with only maize porridge.

But there is a solution that works even in arid lands: the kitchen garden.

Using sack gardens (tower gardens made from feed sacks, soil, and stones), families can grow:

1. Spinach (sukuma wiki)

2. Tomatoes

3. Onions

4. Cowpeas

5. Herbs

These gardens use 90% less water than traditional plots because water drips slowly from the top.