Community Gardens and Food Initiative     

Kovsie ACT, in collaboration with the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture and the Food Environment task team, aims to contribute to food security on campus. The goal is to ensure that food-insecure students with strong academic records are properly nourished, thereby increasing their chances of completing their studies successfully. 

With the participation of residences and off-campus communities, there are 40 vegetable gardens and an additional garden tunnel at the UFS Paradys Experimental Farm, along with 50 fruit tree donations from ABSA and Tree for Africa. This initiative has been established with the potential to feed hundreds of students each week.

This is a long-term project and will not serve as a quick solution, but rather a lasting one.