Permaculture

PERMACULTURE

Connect Africa Ministries, headquartered in Migadde, Uganda. The 'Hub' as it is known, is a 20-acre demonstration permaculture farm. In January 2014, Grant Shadden a graduate of the Midwest Permaculture Institute taught the first 72-hour Permaculture Design Course at the Hub, and the students and land have forever been transformed!

Permaculture design principles and methods helped us address many challenges, such as soil depletion, climate change, and water shortages.

Connect Africa continues to train others in Permaculture through workshops, conferences, and internships.

Visitors will likely see our square-foot garden, spiral garden, market gardens, medicinal garden, nursery, prayer garden, nitrogen-fixing and fruit trees along berms and swales dug on contour, pig tractors, chicken tractors, poultry house quadrant system, rabbit house, beekeeping, coffee plantation, banana plantation, and fish ponds.

Care for People - Care for Planet - Fair Share

SWALES DUG ON CONTOUR Swales dug on contour hold water on the land.	CHICKEN TRACTORS Portable chicken coops that allow the chickens to free range and build soil fertility.	BEEKEEPING
DAIRY COWS	PIG TRACTORS Portable pig pens that allow pigs to graze, root and fertilize the land in preparation for planting.	MARKET GARDENS Heavily mulched raised beds dug on contour hold water and provide year round vegetables.
FISH PONDS	Market Garden Harvest Intern, Noah, harvesting dodo/amaranth for lunch.	OUTDOOR CLASS PDC Principles taught under the mango trees in the prayer garden.