Minty business: Local farmer mints cash from fragrant crop

For years, Joseph Kang’ethe toiled on his quarter-acre farm in Kiambu, growing vegetables with little to show for his effort.

But everything changed in 2015 when he made a bold decision — to switch exclusively to mint farming.

Today, his once-struggling farm thrives with fragrant rows of mint, a transformation fuelled by his willingness to embrace a more profitable, low-maintenance crop.

For years, Joseph Kang’ethe toiled on his quarter-acre farm in Kiambu, growing vegetables with little to show for his effort.