Soko HarvestLiving Farm Estate
Aerial view across cultivated fields divided by tree lines, late in the day.

Regenerating the land. Nourishing life.Soko Harvest Living Farm Estate

Location
Isinya, Kajiado
Position
1°41′S 36°51′E
Holding
2.17 acres
Method
Regenerative · Organic
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Two acres of semi-arid Kajiado. Rain twice a year, gone by evening. Designed properly, that is not a constraint — it is an ecosystem.

The method, in four lines

  1. 01Cover the ground.
  2. 02Keep living roots in it.
  3. 03Move the animals.
  4. 04Plant trees that will outlive you.

The yields follow. They always do.

The estate — 2.17 acres

Every roof drains to a tank. The compost sits between the stock and the beds. The road is one loop with no dead ends.

17121710170817061704110.4 M79.6 MMain estate houseLearning pavilionVisitor receptionPoultryLivestock paddocksFood forestAcacia windbreakWildlife habitatOrchardFarm shopGreenhousesTree nurseryCompostPondsMarket gardensOutdoor caféRainwater tanksBeehivesIrrigation, gravity-fedFarm roadVisitor trailN020 MINDICATIVE PLAN · CONTOURS AT 2M

What the ground has given back

1,240
Trees established

Indigenous and fruiting, since inception

126,000
Litres of rain harvested

Held on site rather than lost to runoff

8
Tonnes of compost made

From farm residues and animal bedding

72+
Native species recorded

Birds, pollinators and understorey plants

850+
Families supplied weekly

Through boxes, market and wholesale

100%
Free of synthetic input

No manufactured fertiliser, herbicide or pesticide

Ripe tomatoes still on the vine.

Updated as the harvest comes in. What is listed is what is in the shed.

Cut this morning

We are not farming the way it was done before. We are farming the way this particular piece of ground wants to be farmed.

From the field notes

Letters from the farm

What is ripe, what went wrong, what we are planting next. Once a month, from the people doing it.