Long life cropping is undertaken on a simple hydroponics system in the Vegitunnels.

A range of produce can be grown, all of which are nutritious. Excess produce is easily marketed within the local community.

It is not uncommon for 1000 large spinach leaves to be harvested each week from one Vegitunnel. Tomatoes have also proven to be very successful.

Robin Good Initiative has been able to secure supplies of materials from suppliers at subsidised prices and thereby provide the Vegitunnels and the basic start up kit at low cost. In this way a complete package is received by new growers.

Each Vegitunnel that has been placed in the field has been donated to Robin Good Initiative by donors from all walks of life. Private individuals and corporate sponsors have begun to catch the vision of Vegitunnels for South Africa.

Vegitunnels are only placed with a recipient after the requisite training has been completed by the participants.

The training is given free of charge by Robin Good Initiative at one of our centres around the country and follow-up problem solving assistance is available on request. Training is also conducted ‘on site’ upon request.

All Vegitunnels remain the property of Robin Good Initiative. In the event that they fall into disuse they are uplifted and placed with a different Recipient Organisation. This has occurred less than 0.5% of the more than 3000 Vegitunnels installed thus far.

The revenues generated by growers are proving to be substantial. It is estimated that the produce coming from Vegitunnels is generating a turnover in excess of R2, 000, 000.00 pm. In some instances the Vegitunnels are used in occupational therapy programs. For special conditions the structures are modified accordingly. The price of a Vegitunnel is extremely low compared to the cost of creating a job in industry or commerce and the amount of self-esteem that is raised by a successful grower cannot be costed. The skills learned and the discipline employed by individuals involved in this project are all marketable commodities.

As a part of the training the growers are encouraged to begin a self teaching experiment that leads them on a journey of discovery into the way plants are affected by the rate of nutrients applied. As a result of this sort of experimentation many growers have grown in confidence and begun to expand their growing operations to the available ground around their Vegitunnels.

Through the Robin Good Initiative Vegitunnel Project people are liberated to provide for themselves.
Some recipients of Vegitunnels have expanded their enterprises and become ‘multi Vegitunnelers.’ By buying additional Vegitunnels for themselves, out of profits made, they have proven the worth of the program to everyone involved.
As you may well imagine the need for Vegitunnels is great, so your help is needed. Your donation will make a distinct difference in the life of someone who is waiting to get started on a path of self-sufficiency and ultimate prosperity.
No amount is too small or too great. But if you would like to sponsor an entire Vegitunnel, a donation of R4500.00 ($450.00US) enables us to do it on your behalf.
This can be the end of the “Bottomless Pit” of never ending handouts for someone.

Project Coordinator:

After a spending time at the end of his commercial working life as the owner of a retail garden centre, where he acquired specific skills concerning growing under controlled conditions, Brian Plant joined Robin Good Initiative as the CEO of the organisation and has been instrumental in developing the systems used to produce the structures and those used in the Vegitunnels. Under his leadership of the Robin Good Initiative Vegitunnel Project we have established centres of ‘Vegitunnel knowledge’ around the country. It is now possible to find local support from Robin Good Initiative in most of the heavily populated areas of the country and where it is absent we have the capacity to travel to conduct training.