Sent on behalf of Plant Science Graduate Students' Association _________________________________________________________

Hello FAFS,

Kenda and the PSGSA (Plant Science Graduate Students' Association) will be hosting an event on January 23rd 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.camailto:bentoj@myumanitoba.ca

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