Sustainable Food Lessons From Kenya

Reader Contribution by Luke Maquire Armstrong
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Winnie and Cayus Motika live in a four-bedroom home. Their eldest child just graduated from college and

is living at home while she looks for a job. Their middle child attends law school a few hours away and their youngest is still in high school. They live a few miles outside the capital city in a suburban development that enables them to have a quarter-acre of land, and the sort of house they would not be able to afford nearer to the capital, where Cayus works for an insurance company. Winnie is a government employee who works at the labor department.

Seen from these angles, the Motikas are a normal, middle-class family — except for their grocery bill, which I bet is significantly lower than yours. Despite being working professionals, over 90 percent of what ends up on their dinner table they grow or raise themselves.

How a Kenyan Feeds Her Family

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