South Africa’s informal farming sector is contributing far more to the economy and ultimately also food security than is officially being recognised. More should be done to develop this sector, and to intensify farming endeavours. On the commercial side, policy issues and infrastructure problems, such...
By Tracy Ledger In the present local government model, municipal services are seen primarily as a source of revenue rather than a tool for socioeconomic development. This guarantees that poor households will remain so, that quality of life will remain low, that the struggle to feed...
By Duduzile Mkhize We cannot build a nation on a weak foundation; adequate nutrition is the first essential building block for good health, brain development and economic prosperity, and the future of our country depends on it. Today as our leaders participate in the UN Food Systems...
To secure the future and improve the present, our thinking, planning and organising should be shifted to a point where SA’s normal is a food system that revolves around the needs of our children. ...
By Trusha Lakey Please view the video: [video width="480" height="480" mp4="https://www.southernafricafoodlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/VIDEO-2021-09-08-13-29-46.mp4"][/video] ...
https://www.iol.co.za/mercury/news/ethekwini-municipality-sa-food-lab-partnership-aims-to-strengthen-local-food-networks-impacted-by-covid-19-fd7e1b10-20b6-4592-9f0c-b51f70b804e9...
“Legacies of enslavement and cattle theft are forgotten in our memories of land dispossession. Yet, they created conditions for the seizure of the land. They amplified the impact of land dispossession. If the land story is to be told, the legacies of enslavement and cattle...
https://youtu.be/e7JZKZqa8ys...
By Kurt Ackerman (Executive Manager and Trustee, SA Urban Food and Farming Trust) I’m reaching out to you as someone who registered to be part of the Food Dialogues in 2020 because this year’s event opened for registration today, Monday 30 August, and will kick off...
http://www.durban.gov.za/Resource_Centre/new2/Pages/City-partners-with-SA-Food-Lab-to-stimulate-agrarian-development.aspx ...