Farmer banks on new farming model to grow healthier food

Sylvia Kuria at her farm in Lare, Maai Mahiu, on the outskirts of Naivasha town. She is a successful agroecology farmer. [File, Standard]

The bumpy ride off the Maai Mahiu-Naivasha highway to Lare village in Nakuru County is a test of nerve as trucks ferrying quarry materials from the site zoom past in the opposite direction.

Tucked in the middle of a noisy quarry harvesting environment is Sylvia Kuria's agroecology farm (a type of farming that works with nature).