The Green Thumb Movement. Meet The Hands That Nurture Change

The Green Thumb Movement promote nutrient dense agriculture through organic farming of indigenous and exotic fruits, vegetables and herbs that can be incorporated into existing diets to improve nutrition and health at household level. The team comprises persons enthusiastic with farming through sustainable methods that can fit in to local set up. Engaging youths to learn as they participate to promote productivity in agriculture is not just necessary, it is critical. Knowledge driven agricultural production needs to now be nurtured for local consumption and industry for agricultural transformation that is inspired through a formidable structure, strategy and systems. 

Empowerment of the youth uplifts the livelihood of majority resource poor persons living in Africa. The GTM has come up with noble ideas that promote the cultivation and consumption of healthy foods at household levels to boost food-nutrition security and the economic status of the youth. This project directly responds to the Big Four Agenda of the President on food security, and, Sustainable Development (SDG) Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture 

Conversely, despite the expansion of the education systems, youth unemployment in Kenya has reached alarming proportions, creating a dire need to develop personnel with technical skills thus promoting small business enterprises. Majority of the youth lack knowledge on how to utilize the locally available resources to earn a living and therefore spend plenty of their time idling. The empowerment of these youth is therefore paramount to uplift their livelihood through profitable agriculture enterprises.