Growing together: Costa's mission to grow fruit in remote communities

Key points

• Costa Georgiadis and scrapboy are visiting remote Aboriginal communities to plant fruit trees and teach gardening. The Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures program, run with the MacDonnell Regional Council, aims to promote self-sufficiency and healthy eating.
• In Utju / Areyonga, 200 kilometres west of Alice Springs, they planted avocado, fig and mulberry seedlings with local children.
• Fresh produce is often expensive in remote communities, making the initiative particularly valuable.