'Ubani owayengacabanga ukuthi i-vanilla ingaba mnandi kangaka?'

– Dame Prue Leith

In I-Vanilla Yangempela: Iqhawe Lemvelo Elingasuliwe, UJanet Sawyer MBE BEM, Umqondisi Ophethe kanye nomsunguli we-LittlePod, ukhuluma ngomsebenzi wenkampani weminyaka engu-15 wokusindisa i-REAL vanilla - isitshalo esiyigugu sokubaluleka kwemvelo esasisengozini yokulahleka unomphela.

Ngemva kokusungula unamathisele we-vanilla wemvelo we-LittlePod eshubhuni, uJanet uye wahola Umkhankaso We-Real Vanilla, efundisa abathengi mayelana nenani le-vanilla emhlabeni futhi esekela imiphakathi elimayo ezifundeni zomhlaba ze-Equatorial.

Kulokhu, incwadi yakhe yesibili, uJanet uhamba ngemuva nabalimi bensimu yezithelo yasehlathini yase-LittlePod e-Indonesia, unikeza imininingwane ngohlelo lokuphayona lwe-polyculture oluye lwandisa izinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo, lwathuthukisa ukuvunda komhlabathi, futhi lwavuselela imvelo yamahlathi emvula, futhi isitshela ngesithembiso esenziwa kanye nesithembiso esifeziwe.

Lena indaba ethokozisayo yokuthi omunye wesifazane ozimisele wasebenzisa kanjani isikhathi 'sesidleke esingenalutho' empilweni yakhe ukuze akhe inkampani ekhankaselayo, ngesikhathi efunda ngezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo, esekela izimpilo zabalimi futhi edala umndeni wobudlelwane babantu emhlabeni wonke.

Njengekhophi esayiniwe ye-Real Vanilla: I-Nature's Unsung Hero? Sicela unikeze imininingwane kumanothi e-oda ekuphumeni. Bhala “sayinda incwadi yami” noma wengeze umbhalo uma ungathanda ukuthi uJanet afake umlayezo omfushane…! 

'Uhambo oluya ekunambithekeni kokusimama, lokhu ukulima ngenhliziyo.'

– Sue Medway MBE, Umqondisi, Chelsea Physic Garden