Community engagement

We started setting up Community Gardens at the begging of the pandemic. The North of Lombok depends mainly on tourism, and with the borders closing, a lot of people lost their jobs.

Food sovereignty. We first started setting up gardens so villagers could grow and provide fresh and healthy food to their families. We also wanted to explore a barter system with a common Lumbung (granary) where the villagers can exchange their harvests or goods.
Community resilience. One of the main goal was to create connections around gardening. Community gardens provide opportunities for constructive activities, relationship and interpersonal skill development.

Sustainable farming. We introduced natural farming, a practice where gardening means working with nature, not against it.