Food Dialogues is an annual programme of talks and events that focus on the local food system. First hosted by the SA Urban Food & Farming Trust in 2014, today the programme has become one of the most impactful food-related events in South Africa, bringing hundreds of people together in over a dozen different events across two weeks, and reaching an audience of tens of millions, while engaging with more than 80 000 online.
Every year Food Dialogues brings together a wide range of speakers involved in shaping the food system, providing an opportunity for food growers, academics, activists, writers, nutritionists, policy makers, food lovers and anyone interested in sustainable approaches, to engage in key issues intimately connected to the food we eat, and find ways to work together in creating a better food future.
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Food Dialogues is hosted by the SA Urban Food & Farming Trust with co-host and sponsor SOLVE@Waterfront.
Co-sponsored by the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security, event partners include the Western Cape Economic Development Partnership, African Centre for Cities, the Southern Africa Food Lab, The Oranjezicht City Farm Market, Bertha House, Philippi Village, City of Cape Town, Western Cape Government and Derrick Integrated Communications.
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“Food Dialogues can contribute towards us thinking about new ways of doing things, and learning, even if we’re learning from people that we don’t agree with.”
Prof. Julian May, Director, DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security.
“The Food Dialogues provided a space to engage deeply in the complexity of the Cape Town food system. They refused to have a single story. They refused to amplify a single set of voices. They provide the starting point, and not the end point, for many sets of complex, difficult and messy conversations about food.”
Jane Battersby, Assoc. Prof., African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town.
“The Food Dialogues are critically important because they provide a rare opportunity for citizens and other stakeholders to learn from grassroots activists alongside government officials, university professors, and business people. Only by connecting these different perspectives and knowledges will we able to foster meaningful change in our food systems.”
Prof. Julian May, Director, DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security
SA Urban Food & Farming Trust 