@SAFoodlab

The Southern Africa Food Lab exists to facilitate dialogue, raise awareness, and foster innovations towards a thriving, just and sustainable food system.

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Joined February 2013
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Can agroecology enhance food security? @SAFoodLab says yes, esp in contexts with meaningful collaboration between gov, CSOs, & communities. Read about how we're working with @WWF_Nedbank @WWFSouthAfrica & @SAFoodLab on the Three Learning Journeys project: shorturl.at/LayOn#Partnering…
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🚨 About 30 children lose their lives to malnutrition-related causes daily in SA. That's like a classroom gone every day, 10,000 kids a year! 😢📚 Let's raise awareness and make a change. 🔗Read more: loom.ly/RUjWnFU #MalnutritionAwareness #LetsCloseTheFoodGap
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🍽️ Child nutrition must be in our manifesto! 🇿🇦 👶 DGMT CEO David Harrison discusses nutrition's role in the 2024 election. We must prioritise food safety. 🎧 to the full interview via @CapeTalk #ChildNutrition #2024Elections #LetsCloseTheFoodGap
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🚨 This is a national food crisis! 📢 Will the 2024 State of the Nation Address confirm that child hunger is on the President's agenda? 🍳 Find out more about DGMT's efforts to close the food gap here: loom.ly/lFUZV9I #Let'sCloseTheFoodGap #SONA2024 #DGMT
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Another enriching visit to Worcester yesterday in preparation for the Learning Labs in May in collaboration w/ @foodsecurity_za @SAFoodlab, @westerncapegov & local government 🌱 Read more about the Learning Lab approach to understanding food systems wcedp.co.za/understanding-wo…
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PODCAST: Professor Andries du Toit discusses land reform and decolonisation in South Africa in The Power Shift: Decolonising Development podcast hosted by Prof Kate Bird and Charmaine McCauley. Listen here: loom.ly/lTL2vwM
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Smallholder farmers are at the periphery of the food industry, yet they play a crucial role in supplying our communities with fresh, healthy and affordable food that contributes in fighting the #NCDs keep it up sfarmers and @SAFoodlab via @dailymaverick dailymaverick.co.za/article/…

Small-scale farmers putting food back where it belongs — at the heart of communities

Smallholder farmers such as Nontobeko Khanyile prove they should be at the forefront of the fight against unsustainable farming and hunger.

dailymaverick.co.za
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📢 [REGISTER NOW]: The Perspectives Series: Does the food system perpetuate inequality?🥦🥣 🌐 Register: loom.ly/g-bV9BA 📆 28th July 2023, ⏰ 11:00-12:00 🌍 @CUP_at_UCT, @SAFoodlab, @lutfiyah_ts, @annamarie_mza #PerspectivesSeries #escapingtheinequalitytrap
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📢 Join us at #ANH2023 to learn about Integrated #FoodSecurity Phase Classification 🥦 @scottdrimie @theIPCinfo @StellenboschUni @SAFoodlab ️➡️Zoom link anh-academy.org/Academy-week… ➡️Register️ anh-academy.org/form/anh2023…
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The #FoodDialogues2023 programme will open with #ThePolycrisisPantry, a #polycrisis dining experience 🍽 curated & presented by food activist Zayaan Khan in collaboration with a local chef.
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🥬🥦| @food_dialogues, which is co-sponsored by the CoE-FS and partnered by the UNESCO Chair in African Food Systems, returns on 4 July with two weeks of events that connect people and food systems across the city. To find out more, visit bit.ly/FoodDialogues2023. #FoodDialoguesSA
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A picture of the future generated through scenarios planning with food system seeds in the Greater Cape Town Area – at Franschhoek, South Africa
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❗️TICKETS AND MORE INFO 🎟 Registration is OPEN! 🙌 Some events are free to attend while others are paid but all participants must register at bit.ly/m/FoodDialogueSA 🔗 #foodsecurity #southafrica #food #capetown #fooddialogues2023 #foodcrisis #polycrisis
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Are all SA's eggs (and chickens) in one failing basket? 🐣 According to @News24_SA, SA's largest poultry producer said its shortage of smaller-sized chicken portions for the fast-food sector had worsened since December amid continuing #loadshedding. 💡 buff.ly/3yBQqdn

SA's fat-chicken crisis is getting worse, says poultry giant | News24

SA's largest poultry producer, Astral Foods, said on Monday its shortage of smaller-sized chicken portions for the fast-food restaurant sector had worsened since December as the load shedding crisis...

news24.com
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Replying to @foodindaba @News24_SA
According to the Consumer Price Index, nationwide egg prices have gone up 60% in the US in one year. 📈 Find our more about what the future holds for our food systems at #FoodDialogues2023 from Tuesday 4 July until Tuesday 18 July. 🗓 #FooddialogueSA
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Graduates, grantees and a team member from the CoE-FS recently joined @UN Special Advisor on Africa and Under-Secretary-General in the @UNOSAA1 @Duarte_UNOSAA at @StellenboschUni's “African Food Dialogues”, hosted by @SAFoodlab. Read more here: bit.ly/42F4BLn
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Learning Lab13 of 25 How does power impact #foodsystems? Insight➡️🔍 🟢#feminist 🟢#politicaleconomy 🟢#womensempowerment 🟢#agroecology 🟢#FoodEnvironments @busiso_helard ➡️Read anh-academy.org/Academy-week… ➡️Register anh-academy.org/form/anh2023… 🧵#ANH2023 countdown - 7 days to go
Plenary learning lab: Political economy of Agri-Nutrition

ALT Plenary learning lab: Political economy of Agri-Nutrition

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📢 We will start the 2nd week #ANH2023 by diving into #PoliticalEconomy. 🔍 How to analyse the effects of power dynamics on #FoodSystems? Join this session to learn 🔑 conceptual & methodological tools. 📅 26 June 2023, 9:00 - 10:15 CAT anh-academy.org/Academy-week… #EconTwitter
This is a Plenary Learning Lab on Political Economy of Agri-Nutrition

ALT This is a Plenary Learning Lab on Political Economy of Agri-Nutrition

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How can we prevent further price increases for basic food products? What's the latest nutrition research from Western Cape? Join the May meeting of the Western Cape Food Forum to tackle these questions and more. 🕘 Thursday, 4 May, 2-3:30 💻 Join: bit.ly/WCFoodForumMay
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And that's a wrap on #NutritionSA2023! We are so proud of our researchers and collaborating partners, and their enormous contribution to building nutrition security in our country, and across borders.
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