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Yes, garlic has crushed poverty out of our lives

Garlic farmer John Burke at his garlic farm at Ruiri, Buuri Sub County in Meru. [Olivia Murithi, Standard]

Before embarking on garlic farming, John Burke did thorough benchmarking to avoid making costly blunders.

He discovered that though growing garlic, is an arduous task, but the returns are worth every drop of sweat.

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