Cape Town Mayor Joins SAUFFT at the Lerotholi Ave Open Streets

Following the success of the inaugural Open Streets event, the SA Urban Food & Farming Trust (SAUFFT) was invited to participate in the Open Streets Experiments: Lerotholi Ave Sundays on 30 November. The platform allowed us to showcase work across our community programmes in Langa, Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, and Gugulethu. At the event, we wereContinue reading “Cape Town Mayor Joins SAUFFT at the Lerotholi Ave Open Streets”

Decentralising Resilience: What the Langa Agrihub Reveals About the Future of Climate Adaptation

The publication of Sustaining Urban Food Gardens for Community Resilience: A Case Study of the Langa Agrihub arrives at a critical moment, one in which compounding risks, cascading systemic failures, and escalating climate uncertainty are reshaping how societies must think about resilience. As global policy debates continue to centre technocratic, expert-driven models of risk governance,Continue reading “Decentralising Resilience: What the Langa Agrihub Reveals About the Future of Climate Adaptation”

Global Resilience Partnership report draws on SAUFF Trust’s work and supports scaling innovative solutions for resilience in informal contexts

The latest Global Resilience Partnership report, “From Informality to Impact: The Untapped Potential of Scaling Urban Resilience Innovation in Informality,” launched at the UN’s World Urban Forum this week. The report identifies key opportunities and challenges for scaling urban resilience solutions in informal contexts, as well as recommendations for policy and investment approaches that helpContinue reading “Global Resilience Partnership report draws on SAUFF Trust’s work and supports scaling innovative solutions for resilience in informal contexts”

Global urban health leaders given deep insight into Cape Town’s food system

As part of the recent 2024 Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit in Cape Town, delegates from more than 50 cities around the world were able to gain first-hand experience with the local food environment by visiting a local traditional meat market and sampling local street food, visiting a community food garden, learning how community membersContinue reading “Global urban health leaders given deep insight into Cape Town’s food system”

Insights from Agrihubs shared in Learning Brief on how to address SA’s hunger crisis, from DG Murray Trust

What are sustainable steps we can take to address South Africa’s hunger crisis? The DG Murray Trust, drew on the lessons from the SA Urban Food & Farming Trust’s Agrihub Initiative in preparing a Learning Brief to help others drive systems change in our food system and beyond. Key insights? The SA Urban Food &Continue reading “Insights from Agrihubs shared in Learning Brief on how to address SA’s hunger crisis, from DG Murray Trust”