For 12 months, people in Langa have exercised their green thumbs with skills that’ll feed their community and last a lifetime. Langa, South Africa (26 July, 2023) — Over…
Author and artist Jane Griffiths recently gave a TEDx Talk to inspire hope and growth within the gardening community of South Africa, her knowledge highlights the importance of making a…
Abalimi Bezekhaya donated 100 food trees to the community of Kuyasa in Khayelitsha to not only change the landscape of the community but provide sustenance as well. Kuyasa, South…
Abalimi Bezekhaya is spreading some winter cheer in the Western Cape by teaching people urban farming business skills and hoping to plant 100 trees for Mandela Day. Cape Town,…
If you are spending your evenings and weekends keeping warm indoors, it’s the perfect time to start planning a spring food garden; we have some tips. South Africa (28…
Family food gardens were started during the pandemic and today, they are thriving; many sustain families and bring in a small income too! Knysna, South Africa (13 June 2023)…
Former dumpsites transformed into vegetable plots. Langa, South Africa (01 June 2023) – Residents living in the N2 Gateway social housing project flats in Langa have turned dumpsites on empty…
Healthy soil breeds healthy lives and this is being done by Ladles of Love’s “Feed the Soil” programme; they collect food waste which is turned into compost for gardens that…
“We wanted to do something positive”. Tshwane, South Africa (12 September 2022) – Two Tshwane women have turned a rubbish dump into a thriving little vegetable garden, growing spinach…
“Some have hands, some have legs, and some have ideas” Dunoon, South Africa (01 September 2022) – On a cold, overcast morning in Cape Town, sitting in his wheelchair, Joshua…
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