CONGOLESE refugees are busy planting seeds of hope, opportunity and culture at a donated block of farmland near Mildura.

Mother and son Maria Nyirakamana and Innocent Makuza used their knowledge gained from farming in their homeland to start a new life in Australia.

Last week the pair finished planting pea pods across about two acres of land at Sunraysia Food Next Door Co-Op's Kings Billabong Ri...