Sent on behalf of Plant Science Graduate Students’ Association

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Hello FAFS,

Kenda and the PSGSA (Plant Science Graduate Students’ Association) will be hosting an event on January 23^rd in the Agriculture Atrium (poster attached). Attendees will enjoy free food and a presentation by Kenda’s founder, Laetitia Mukungu, an MSc. student here in UM’s Department of Plant Science.

All are welcome to attend! Please fill the one-minute google form to help us coordinate: https://forms.gle/hCpKkyy69gmun3aP6

Laetitia founded Kenda alongside members of her community in Kenya in response to the growing inaccessibility of traditional Kenyan vegetable crops since the COVID-19 pandemic. Kenda aims to build a community-operated seedbank, reintroducing the cultivation and celebration of African indigenous vegetables by supplying seeds to Kenyan farmers.

For more information, please visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/cm3c5-kenda and consider supporting Kenda’s mission.

Thank you,

Jared Bento, PSGSA Social Coordinator

B.Sc. Agriculture - Plant Biotechnology 

Graduate Student

Department of Plant Science

University of Manitoba

Email: bentoj@myumanitoba.ca