Francisca updates this every Saturday after she picks. Real food from real hands.
Amaranth
Roselle
Sweet Potato Leaves
Luffa
Lemongrass
Holy Basil
What is a CSA?
Community Supported Agriculture, in plain words.
A CSA is a subscription for fresh food. You reserve a share of the season's harvest,
and every week you pick up a basket of whatever is ripe, beautiful, and abundant.
01
You reserve a share
Pay weekly or save 10% with full-season prepay. Your spot is held for all 12 weeks.
02
Francisca grows
She plants, tends, and harvests with regenerative methods. No synthetic chemicals,
soil first.
03
You pick up Saturdays
A weekly basket of vegetables, herbs, and seasonal surprises. Recipe card included.
Meet the farmer
Seeds from home. Soil in Houston.
Kemajo Ka Foro was founded by Francisca Hien, a farmer, herbalist,
and beekeeper from Burkina Faso. She carried her knowledge of
regenerative growing from West Africa to Texas, and now tends a Houston micro-farm
where the okra, amaranth, and garden eggs of home grow alongside Texas staples.
The name Kemajo means three children, a name carried from
home, honoring the next generation: the food, the land, and the children who will
inherit both.
Francisca is also an herbalist and beekeeper trained through the
Medicine Crafts Collective. Every share supports a farm rooted in
food sovereignty, soil health, and community care.
“Regenerative is not just how I farm. It's how I want
my neighborhood to eat.”
Francisca Hien
A walk through the garden with Francisca.
Heritage Crop Encyclopedia
What grows here.
Every share is a seasonal mix of what's ripe, what's abundant, what's most beautiful
that week. African heritage crops join Texas-grown staples for a basket you can't find
at the grocery store.
Shiso
Perilla frutescens · Korean perilla · Kkaennip
Red-on-green leaves with a warm, anise-mint flavor. Wrap rice, ferment in soy sauce, or steep into tea.
Mint
Mentha spicata · Spearmint
Cooling, fragrant, abundant. For tea, lemonade, lamb stew, or a fistful in any West African soup.
Amaranth
Amaranthus · Callaloo · Efo Tete
Iron-rich leaves and red seed plumes. The heart of efo riro, callaloo stew, and a sacred grain across three continents.
Sweet Potato Leaves · Green
Ipomoea batatas · Kamote tops · Talbos
Tender heart-shaped greens. Sauté with garlic, drop into miso soup, or stir into peanut stew.
Sweet Potato Leaves · Purple
Ipomoea batatas · Anthocyanin-rich variety
The purple cousin. Same flavor, more antioxidants. Color stays vivid even after cooking.
Marigold
Tagetes erecta · Cempasúchil · Genda
Garden protector and edible bloom. Petals brighten salads and rice; the whole plant keeps pests off the okra.
Roselle
Hibiscus sabdariffa · Sorrel · Bissap · Zobo
Tart red calyxes steeped into the deep crimson drink known across West Africa and the Caribbean.
Corn
Zea mays · Sweet corn
Picked the morning of pickup. Eat raw, grill it, or save kernels for pepper soup.
Cassava Leaves
Manihot esculenta · Saka-saka · Pondu · Gboma
Pounded into the green stew of Central and West Africa, simmered slow with palm oil, fish, and fire.
Lemongrass
Cymbopogon citratus · Citronella grass · Sereh
Bruise the stalk for soup, steep the leaves for tea. Cools fevers, calms nerves, and lifts every broth.
Holy Basil
Ocimum sanctum · Tulsi · Sacred basil
A clove-scented basil revered in Ayurveda. Steep fresh leaves for tea that grounds the body and clears the head.
Luffa
Luffa aegyptiaca · Chinese okra · Sponge gourd
Young fruits are a tender vegetable for stir-fry and stew. Left to ripen, they dry into the bath sponge you know.
Each crop appears in your basket when it's in season. Photos refresh as Francisca harvests.
Choose your share
Three ways to join.
All shares are a 12-week season. Pay weekly through Square, or save 10% with
full-season prepay.
Sliding scale available. Need a different price to make this work for
your family? Message us at signup and we'll make it happen.
🌻
Seasonal Flower Bundle
A fresh-cut bouquet from Francisca's pollinator beds. Add to any share.
add-on🍯
Apothecary Add-ons
Backyard honey, calendula salve, garden teas, or West African spice blend.
see below
Kemajo Apothecary
Small-batch herbs, honey & salves.
Francisca is an herbalist trained through the Medicine Crafts Collective and a backyard
beekeeper. Add any of these to your weekly box, or purchase as gifts.
🍯
Backyard Honey
Raw, unfiltered from her own hives
from $14
🌼
Calendula Salve
Skin balm with calendula & beeswax
$16
🍵
Garden Tea Blends
Lemongrass, mint, hibiscus, & more
from $10
🌶️
West African Spice Mix
Hand-blended for stews & soups
$12
Members add Apothecary items to their box when reserving, or any time during the
season by message.
Saturday rhythm
How pickup works.
Saturdays · 2-5pm
Your pickup window every Saturday for 12 weeks. Pick a 15-min slot at signup so it's
calm and personal.
Alief Neighborhood Center
11903 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77072. One central spot, easy parking,
one community.
Bring your basket
Reuse a tote or basket each week. Vacation? Pause that week and we'll donate your
box to a neighbor.
Beyond the CSA
Additional services from Kemajo Ka Foro
Francisca also offers backyard beekeeping & apiary setup, plus backyard garden
installation and consulting. Visit her main site to learn more.
