Kenyan firm mixes kitchen waste to boost urban farming

July 24, 2020 - Nairobi, Kenya, Africa - Kenyan urban farmer Francis Wachira credits a unique soil recycling company with keeping him afloat financially amid the coronavirus crisis: it helped him to start producing herbs and vegetables on his tiny Nairobi plot. The locally-owned company, Sprout Organic, mixes animal bonemeal and kitchen waste to concoct a composite that is then sold to urban farmers like Wachira to grow food in squeezed spaces.