There’s No Such Thing As A Vegetable
We’ve all heard about the need to eat a healthy, balanced diet including fruits and vegetables. But what is a vegetable, really? When it comes to putting food on your…
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Urban Foraging Food Security: The Key to a Sustainable Future?
Urban foraging is the practice of collecting naturally-growing plants and herbs for food within town and city environments. Through the wealth of positives it provides, urban foraging could be a…
HOW TO: Plant a Pet-Friendly Garden
Household animals rarely have the same ideas about how to treat green spaces as their humans. Learning how to plant a pet-friendly garden will provide a host of benefits to…
PIC and FTFA Unveil Major CSI Initiative to Enhance Durbans Food and Water Security
Press Release – KwaZulu-Natal, 13 September 2024 The Public Investment Corporation SOC Ltd (PIC), in partnership with Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA), launched a major Corporate Social Investment (CSI)…
HOW TO: Save & Recycle Water
As water shortages become an increasing concern, it has never been more important to save and recycle water in your garden, food garden and home. There are many ways to…
Food security rests on the shoulders of women-run agriculture projects
Women play a crucial role in South African agriculture. Their successes are often overlooked, but the fact is that our food security rests on the shoulders of women-run agricultural projects.…
Garden in a Bucket (GinB) initiative contributes to societal stability
Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA) is cultivating food security, one home at a time with the Garden in a Bucket (GinB) initiative. The vision Food security — particularly in…
HOW TO: Flood Proof Your Garden
As weather patterns become increasingly uncertain due to climate change, knowing how to flood proof your garden will benefit not only you, but those around you. This is because domestic…
Women remain sidelined in agricultural land ownership
In 2020, the government approved a new women empowerment policy. In an attempt to address a historically male-centric initiative, the policy proposes that around half of South Africa’s National Redistribution…