Benjamin Mwenda Nkangi, a 26‑year‑old nurse from Nambi Hills village in Meru County, resigned from his three‑and‑a‑half‑year post at a Nairobi nursing home, walking into his boss’s office and handing in notice on the spot.

After leaving the nursing home, he secured a six‑month medical contract at a hospital in India, a stint that exposed him to monsoon humidity, meat‑free meal days and automated hospital booking systems.

He returned to Kenya two weeks before filming his story at Haven Farm Adventures, the brand he is building on land at the foot of Nyabena Hills.

The venture already provides internet connectivity for local schools, clinics and homesteads, runs a poultry operation with about 120 improved Kenyan chickens, and cultivates kale and spinach for traders at Kangeta market.

In addition to vegetables, Nkangi farms tea, coffee and miraa, and has leased extra tea farms on six‑year agreements that run until 2032.

He pays farm pickers 30 shillings per kilogram, while regional farmers receive up to 48 shillings per kilogram from the processing factory, a decline from 56 shillings the previous year.

A camping site near the Nyabena forest is also under development, positioned as the first of its kind in the area.