The Southern Africa Food Lab was established in 2009 to promote creative responses to the problem of hunger through multistakeholder dialogue and action. The Lab team is one of unprecedented diversity in the region, comprising stakeholders from corporate, grassroots, NGO, academic, and government sectors, all working together to transform the food system from farm to table. Over the past decade the Lab has successfully facilitated collaboration and dialogue, not just raising awareness, but effectively catalysing action to foster innovations and experimental action towards a thriving, just and sustainable food system.
An interview with Southern Africa Food Lab Advisory Board member and founder of Umgibe Organics, Nonhlanhla Joye....
Refilwe is five months old. Born in Kayamandi township on the outskirts of Stellenbosch, Refilwe may have the aptitude to become a doctor someday, but it will never happen. The reason isn’t education,...
In early October, a group of actors involved in the local food system gathered at Oribi Village in Gardens, Cape Town for a design-thinking workshop focused on strengthening the contribution of smallh...
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Advisory Board member Nonhlanhla Joye was recently interviewed about the rise of organic farming in SA. View the interview here: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-51242005/the-rise-of-organic-farming-in-africa
In Oct 2019 in a #DesignThinking Workshop co-hosted by @OribiV @SAFoodlab we shared our #ABALOBI lessons & experiences with other #foodsystems #changemakers seeking #techforgood solutions to strengthen the contribution of #smallscalefarming stakeholders in the #CapeTown region... https://twitter.com/SAFoodlab/status/1194511821190959104
The Food Lab has drawn on a wide range of sponsors and partners to enable its work over the past 10 years. The main partners are featured below.
