22 Jun Food Dialogues 2022
Learn ways to bring about a healthier, more resilient and just food system, connect with people shaping the future of food, and discover new insights into our food culture....
21 Jun A unique food and nutrition journey
Worcester was recently the location of a “learning journey” where participants gained first-hand experience of challenges in the town’s food system....
02 Jun South Africa’s hunger problem is turning into a major health crisis
In South Africa just over a quarter of the population are still food insecure despite sufficient food being produced at national level, according to the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey....
31 May Some of what we eat is slowly poisoning us
Food justice is a term that encompasses many areas — food security, food systems, food sovereignty, food literacy. But it also describes a movement and commitment towards securing everyone’s right to safe, healthy, nutritious and culturally appropriate food....
24 May African Food Dialogue on food prices: ‘Child stunting doesn’t happen overnight; it’s chronic’
It costs at least R800 per month to ensure that a child eats enough nutritious meals to grow and develop adequately. Unfortunately, South Africa’s childcare grant currently only provides R480, with which caregivers also need to cover other expenses. It’s therefore not surprising that a country such...
16 May Making real change means lifting up leadership from the ground up
It has been particularly depressing in the past weeks to read about the implications of the Ukraine war on malnutrition (among other things). It raises the question: why have we not learned from past experience to create greater nutrition resilience? A naïve question of course,...
16 May Understanding Worcester’s food system through learning journeys
The Western Cape Economic Development Partnership (EDP) and the Southern Africa Food Lab have joined forces with the Centre of Excellence in Food Security to help disseminate the findings of a place-based research project led by professors Julian May and Bruno Losch. The team...
16 May Thirty farmers in Inchanga aim to supply vegetables locally
The average household food basket in South Africa increases by R354.22 or 8.9% (February 2022 statistic) and food prices continue to rise. The food poverty line is now R624.00 per month and the child support grant is R460.00 per month. Every year the poverty indices...
03 May “The major problem of smallholder agriculture is shrinking farm sizes and the narrow economic margins”
The shrinking of farm sizes that prevents smallholder farmers to earn a living income is a major stumbling block in the future of farming in Africa. This is according to Ken Giller, Professor of Plant Production Systems at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, at an...
22 Apr Some of what we eat is slowly poisoning us
Food justice is a term that encompasses many areas — food security, food systems, food sovereignty, food literacy. But it also describes a movement and commitment towards securing everyone’s right to safe, healthy, nutritious and culturally appropriate food....