Resources
Access a range of publications including research reports, position papers, and practical tools that inform and support food system transformation. These resources reflect the insights and evidence emerging from our work and partnerships.
Reports
Shifting the Food System
Agroecological understanding, practice and advocacy in South Africa
Farmnet Interview Report
Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
Design Thinking Workshop
August 2018 Household Affordability Index
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News
Stay informed with the latest insights, stories, and reflections from the Southern Africa Food Lab community. Here we share news, thought pieces, and updates on our work and the broader food system.
The cook who creates feasts from fynbos
Loubie Rusch grew up chomping on plants characteristic of the Cape Floristic Region. Rich, nutritious, ...
An appetite for collaboration
“Public-private collaboration is essential if we hope to effectively address the negative outcomes of our ...
The lady who planted a farm in a plastic bag
As the old saying goes, ‘If life gives you lemons, make lemonade’. The story of Umgibe is the ...
Turning waste into food for thought – and tummies
Food is a big part of who we are as humans. One study shows that the average American will spend more ...
Guidance to CT’s urban farmers
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of urbanization in the world, exacerbating issues of food and ...
Looking in the mirror: effective evaluation of social labs
Three students from the USA, Germany and Vietnam, recently completed a Masters Thesis which looks at ways ...
Food innovation learning journey
When corporate staff from the South African finance sector arrived at Spier wine farm and were loaded ...
Food lab learnings presented at Harvard workshop
Ralph Hamann, Research Director at UCT’s Graduate School of Business and a member of the Southern Africa ...
Food lab’s smallholder work recognized by UN programme
The Southern Africa Food Lab’s work addressing smallholder development through dialogue and social ...
Zero-rated foods do not protect the poor from the negative impact of the vat increase
Since the announcement of the increase of VAT from 14% to 15%, many politicians, economists and other ‘experts’ ...
National seed dialogue celebrates smallholder farmers
During December, the Food Lab participated in a national seed dialogue and celebration hosted by the ...
Exploring the influence of the finance sector on agri-trends
WWF-SA’s Resource Smart Food Initiative explores multiple points of intervention in the food system to ...
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