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FUTURE FARMERS

Client Base: Youths (school leavers and graduates)
Accountants: Ade and Associates
Bank: Nedbank
KEY PERSONNEL
CEO: Judy Stuart
Trustees: Chris Burgess, Gao Mothoagar, Khethiwe
Mlotshwa
CONTACT DETAILS
CEO:
Judy Stuart Physical Address: Block C, Office No 1 Centre, White
House Centre, 50 Main Street, Howick, 3290
Name of Organisation: Future Farmers Foundation Tel: +27 (0)33 3304322
Nature of Business: Agriculture E-mail: admin@futurefarmers.org.za
Product / Services: Training, work experience and Website: www.futurefarmersfoundation.com
apprenticeships Branches: Western Cape, Free State

DEVELOP YOUR FULL POTENTIAL AS A
FUTURE FARMER
Future Farmers, which is based in Howick KwaZulu-
Natal, was founded by Judy Stuart in 2006 and is an
organisation working with youth between the ages
of 18 and 26 years old who are mainly from remote
rural communities. Its goal is to develop these young
people into commercial farmers.
There is a critical shortage of skilled, young black
farmers. There are thousands of unemployed youths
(school leavers and graduates) and many of them
wish to access the agricultural sector but are unable
to do so. Some have poor academic records (that
do not reflect their ability or potential) and others
simply cannot afford tertiary education. In the
past, little attention has been paid to the training
of competent black commercial farmers. All of this
has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 lockdowns as
well as the increased minimum wage, which resulted
in reduced employment opportunities.
Future Farmers started off with three young school
boys Stuart met at a youth show who had done
very well training young heifers and had been
in the provincial team. The boys were about to
finish school but unfortunately none of them had
the funds or academic achievements required for
further education.

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