Mukono District · Uganda
Fortune Farms grows maize, mills it on-site, raises poultry and livestock — supplying local markets with food they can trust, and giving the people who grow it a steady wage.
About
Alex Fortune is a British farmer who put down roots in rural Uganda and built Fortune Farms from the soil up. What started as a few rows of maize is now a multi-enterprise operation: a planted crop, a mill that processes it, hundreds of laying hens, a goat herd, and a delivery truck that takes the output to the nearest towns.
The farm doesn’t exist to export. Almost everything it produces is sold or shared inside the community that produces it — flour for the families next door, eggs for the school down the road, meat for the local butcher.
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What we grow
Each one feeds into the next — maize feeds the chickens, chickens feed the soil, the soil grows the maize.
The staple crop. Planted twice a year across the farm’s acreage, harvested by hand, dried, and stored in our covered shed before milling.
A posho mill on-site turns our maize (and grain from neighbouring smallholders) into flour. Cleaner, cheaper, and closer than what was available before.
A flock of laying hens housed in a purpose-built deep-litter shed. Daily egg supply for households, schools, and the local market.
A small goat herd run alongside the poultry — a back-up income stream and a source of fresh meat for celebrations and seasonal demand.
Why we do it
Most of our team grew up within walking distance of the farm gate. We hire locally, train on the job, and pay a wage that holds up against the cost of living in Mukono — not a token rate that ties people to subsidy.
What leaves the farm goes into Ugandan kitchens. We sell flour, eggs and meat at prices our neighbours can pay — and we never compromise on what those products contain, because the people eating them are people we see every week.
From the farm
In motion
Filmed and uploaded by Alex. Two years between them — the difference shows.
Get involved
Alex hosts visitors, takes on volunteers during planting and harvest, and is always up for a conversation with people interested in working land somewhere outside the usual.
Reach out via YouTube — replies usually within a few days, depending on connectivity at the farm.