Sababa Farm Fire Restoration

Our small-scale organic farm was recently devastated by a huge fire. We are raising funds to rebuild.

We are a small family-run organic farm on the Piket-bo-berg mountains, about 180km from Cape Town. We see growing nutrient-dense fruits, vegetables and herbs as a privilege - one that we have been working hard at since 2017, and running our own Harvest Box scheme, Those Who Harvest since 2019. Although we grow a wide variety of vegetables, ranging from tomatoes, cucumbers, garlic, peppers, brinjals, and carrots, to sweetcorn, beans, and more; one of our true joys was our fruit orchard. In 2017 we began working hard at rehabilitating it after years of neglect. It was comprised mostly of old trees of classic peach varieties that are very difficult to find today (Catherina, Western Cling and Keisie - real peaches that put new varieties to shame); as well as new blocks of apples and pears that we had planted in 2020.

At around 5pm on 16 February, a fire started on a nearby farm. Bushrah noticed the smoke and we immediately rushed to fight it with our fire-beaters and fire-...