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How loss of job led me to mushroom farming

Wangari Kuria an agri-fluencer (Agriculture Influencer) and digital farmer, Mushroom farmer and Award winner at her farm office in Kitengela, Kajiado county. [David Gichuru, Standard]

"I was broke depressed and did not have an income. In fact, I was neck-deep in debt ranging from loans from friends and family to bank loans," says Wangari a mother of 2 after being unemployed.

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