Chris Hartzenberg saw the social degradation and the repercussions of drug abuse creating havoc in his community on the Cape Flats. He sat down and devised a plan to tackle the problem through sustainable farming. With the help of Fareed Ismail, a mechanical engineering lecturer at CPUT Bellville, he started an aquaponics food garden in 2012 which has been going from strength to strength. Ismail invented a mobile-solar-powered-aquaponics-unit which was successfully piloted at the Belhar Early Childhood Development Centre (BECDC). 

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The food garden grows a various assortment of crops like tomatoes, green peppers, lettuce, parsley and basil just to mention a few. These crops help feed the almost 100 children from the neighbourhood attending the crèche. It educates the children about sustainable farming, germs and helps in creating a love for gardening.