The Southern Africa Food Lab was established in 2009 and is housed at the Department of Agriscience’s at Stellenbosch University 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 …Read More
Though the challenges we face regarding eradicating hunger and realising the right to food are immense, through our collective expertise and commitment, we can forge a path towards a South Africa wher...
Prof Kennedy Dzama, Vice-Dean for Research, Postgraduate Studies and Innovation in the Faculty of AgriSciences at Stellenbosch University, has been appointed Chair of the Southern Africa Food Lab....
The 5th International Social Justice Conference and 6th Social Justice Summit ended on a high note with participants pledging to undertake united, coordinated and accelerated global and domestic actio...
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Food security 'experts' don't have all the answers: community knowledge is key
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A ‘learning journey’ research process exposed a broad group of participants to local realities of the food system and childcare in a small town.
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.
