Green Grow, Cultivating Tomorrow
Green Grow is an initiative focused on hands-on farming, waste recycling, and community collaboration. We teach students how to grow their own food, respect the environment, and turn their passion into a viable business.
What is Green Grow?
At Green Grow, we’re more than just a student group ; we’re a movement. We are dedicated to building a sustainable future by integrating hands-on agricultural education with a commitment to community outreach, environmental stewardship, and entrepreneurial development.
What will you learn?
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Money skills: Meal planning, price comparisons, cost-per-serving, savings tracking.
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Food skills: Soil health, seasonal planting, pests the safe way, harvesting, storage.
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Sustainability: Water-wise irrigation, composting, seed saving, circular practices.
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Soft skills: Teamwork, problem-solving, communication, adaptability, and leadership.
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STEM in action: Apply Science, Tech, Engineering, and Maths to real-world systems.
- Nursery skills: propagation, transplanting, season planning with nursery mentors.
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Enterprise skills: branding, costing, cash-flow, food safety, and market days.
What We Do at Green Grow
1. Growing own vegetables on campus.
2. Collaborating with nurseries to learn.
3. We promote recycling of waste.
4. We seek to encourage agripreneurship
5. We connect with communities.
Why it matters
Green Grow is vital because we don’t just teach theory, we cultivate real-world impact. We are simultaneously tackling food security, promoting environmental stewardship through recycling, fostering the next generation of agripreneurs, and building stronger, healthier communities. By integrating hands-on learning with expert collaboration and ethical business practices, we are growing more than vegetables; we are growing sustainable futures and skilled, civic-minded leaders.
Our rallying cry
Born from WSU’s 2024 World Food Day campaign and the #StretchMyRand movement, GreenGrow scales up a simple idea: small, smart choices compound. From R100 shopping challenges to balcony tomato trellises, we turn everyday constraints into creative problem-solving and community impact.
Management
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Special Events
16 October 2025
World Food day
Learn smart budgeting, price checks, and cost-per-serving tricks to make every rand work harder. Walk out with a weekly meal plan and a savings tracker you can use immediately.
16 October 2025
Enterpreneurship competition
Students are encouraged to showcase their businesses for prizes