Today, World Food Day, marks the launch the 2020 Food Dialogues Report. This comes six years after the first Food Dialogues took place in 2014, which we organised to begin an exchange of ideas that could sow the seeds of change to challenge ‘conventional orthodoxy’ relating to the food system. In the years since weContinue reading “Announcement: Food Dialogues Report Released”
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OZCF highlighted in showcase of Urban Food Initiatives.
ICLEI Africa included the Oranjezicht City Farm in a published case study of urban food initiatives driving social transformation in cities, along with Babylonstoren and the Company’s Garden. The study identifies eight benefits coming from such projects and identifies the “the need for innovative mechanisms that strive to build and restore societal cohesion” in highlyContinue reading “OZCF highlighted in showcase of Urban Food Initiatives.”
Media Release: Food Dialogues 2020 aims to foster a healthier, more resilient and just food system
20 July – 14 August 2020 Issues around food, nutrition and hunger have reached a new level of urgency as the widespread, ongoing hunger in South Africa and many parts of the world are exacerbated by the global COVID-19 pandemic and responses to it. Food insecurity, a longstanding problem in South Africa, has gained newContinue reading “Media Release: Food Dialogues 2020 aims to foster a healthier, more resilient and just food system”
Mail & Guardian Special Report: While Fields are Full, Plates are Empty.
The SA Urban Food & Farming Trust features in the Mail & Guardian Special Report on the food insecurity challenges faced by South Africa. We note with hope some of the corporates lending their support during this time of crisis. May it contribute to lasting change within our harmful and unjust food system. Read theContinue reading “Mail & Guardian Special Report: While Fields are Full, Plates are Empty.”
Responses to COVID-19 in South Africa: The centrality of food security
The SAUFF Trust’s executive manager, Kurt Ackermann, was invited to share some thoughts on the South African response to COVID-19 by Josh Busby for the Duck of Minerva, which focuses on world politics from an academic perspective, mainly from American institutions. Read the opinion piece.
Oranjezicht City Farm showcased as a prime example of resilience in action
GreenCape has published a resilience case study that reports on how the Oranjezicht City Farm (OZCF), a non-profit farming project of the SA Urban Food & Farming Trust has become a prime example of building resilient urban communities through circular food systems, creating benefits such as food waste diversion from landfill and its airspace costs,Continue reading “Oranjezicht City Farm showcased as a prime example of resilience in action”
Cape Town Shortlisted for the Food System Vision Prize
Cape Town’s submission to the Food System Vision Prize, “Resilient Food System Governance in Cape Town”, was chosen as one of 79 semi-finalists from 1,317 submitted world-wide. The SA Urban Food & Farming Trust was a partner in developing the vision, along with project leader, ICLEI Africa, The African Centre for Cities (UCT), The CityContinue reading “Cape Town Shortlisted for the Food System Vision Prize”
Urban Design Lab
The SA Urban Food & Farming Trust was co-host of a 10 day Lab that centred social urban agriculture in a programme for urban design students and researchers in integrated urbanism from Cape Town, Aachen and Stuttgart. The challenge of the Lab was to develop spatial applications for urban food gardening, drawing on themes ofContinue reading “Urban Design Lab”
Launch of the Lentegeur Market Garden
The Spring Foundation launched yesterday the expanded Lentegeur Market Garden, with Premier Helen Zille as the guest of honour. The project was established by psychiatrist Dr John Parker “to provide mental health patients with an opportunity to rebuild, reconnect and rediscover their mental and physical well-being via agricultural psychosocial rehabilitation.” The SA Urban Food &Continue reading “Launch of the Lentegeur Market Garden”
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