Photo © Sadie Babits 2009
Over the past two years, members of the Somali Bantu community have transplanted a bit of Somalia to a three-acre farm in Boise, Idaho. The land was donated by a couple of landowners when they noticed Somalis growing vegetables on a tiny plot of land. Anyone who works on the farm can eat what is grown there, and the rest is sold at the local farmers market. No one gets rich off the farm, but for hundreds of refugees it’s a link to their culture back in Somalia.
Somali Bantu planting corn, tomatoes and pumpkins Photo © Sadie Babits 2009
Here’s a link to Sadie Babits’s report as it aired on World Vision Report:
http://www.worldvisionreport.org/Stories/Week-of-August-29-2009/Somali-Farm#
