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…
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Sifundzekhaya: an EduPlant School Gardening Programme champion
The EduPlant school food gardening programme run by Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA) is one of Southern Africa’s oldest, largest, and most impactful food security programmes. The programme encourages…
Navigating the climate change – food system crisis for under-resourced communities
World Food Day is celebrated annually on the 16th of October, to raise awareness of the inequalities when it comes to food security. Food security is exacerbated by climate change,…
HOW TO: drought proof your garden
In the face of an escalating global water crisis, it makes sense to drought proof your garden. There are a number of ways you can do this, from making good…
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…
The path to net zero is lined with trees: Forests are key to climate change mitigation
It is a well-established fact that forests play a key role as major global carbon sinks and are key to climate change mitigation. They are the largest land-based absorbers of…
HOW TO: Save Energy
With another interest rate increase announced today, we all need to be more careful with our hard-earned money. There are many ways to save energy. Anyone can learn various tricks…
HOW TO: Compost
We’ve all heard of it, but do we really know how to compost? Composting isn’t as simple as throwing your food waste together and leaving it to decompose. There is a…