The Rimbi Farm Project is a concept to create a community based, supported and benefitting Biodynamic farm in Eastern, rural Zimbabwe. Through community engagement, the wish is to introduce a new type of agriculture that not only has the potential to boost harvest quantity through crop rotation and Permaculture, but also create job opportunities, a space for cultural exchange and, ultimately, a new source of hope. The intent of this project has many different levels and aspects but one main goal is to harvest awareness to the potential that lies within this community, in and of itself. The aim is to create a space to start conversations that can lead to healthy community development; through Biodynamics, create a new way for people to work together, closer to the earth, and from that work, build deeper relationships with one another that will perhaps fulfill a wish for a more integrated, supportive community where no one is left to fend for themselves.

Rimbi is a rural township of about three-thousand located at the base of a small string of mountains that separate Zimbabwe from Mozambique.  It is primarily a farming community with approximately five-hundred hectares of farmable land.  There are several small grocery store businesses in the township, each of which sell pretty much the same goods and their sales depend on family loyalty.  These things are part of what makes life in Rimbi interesting.

Not only do I believe that through the introduction of Biodynamics the soil quality will improve and bring in better results for the harvest, but I believe it will enrich the spirits of everyone in the community.  I see the farm as a foundation for social change to take place; a meeting point for healthy interaction and positive community collaboration.  Being able to pour all their preexisting knowledge and hard work into something new, that even has the ability to feed their families, will be a great source of hope and excitement.