Women use hydroponics to fight hunger
The Joburg Municipality has decided to fight hunger by launching an ambitious rooftop food gardening programme to be run by unemployed women from the inner city.
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Women use gardening to fight malnutrition in their village
The Bomme Ke Nako food garden project is situated 55 kilometres outside Kuruman in a village called Vergenoeg.
Want to start a food garden? Learn from these inspiring home gardeners
Eating healthy is a struggle for many South Africans, due to the rising cost of food, food insecurity and unhealthy eating habits. Diet is a major contributor to non-communicable diseases like diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. Despite their small living…
Tshwane to promote food gardens
The City of Tshwane has begun providing small farmer cooperatives with inputs and training in an effort to promote food gardens and combat hunger.
Soweto school garden feeds 500, reduces malnutrition
The food garden at Vukuzenzele Primary School in Mofolo North, Soweto has done more than just feed learners, it has reduced malnutrition in the area, according to Dr Bongani Ngema.
Retired teacher helps her community to eat better
As more and more people turn to community gardening; an elderly former teacher has already been doing it for the past eight years to encourage people to eat healthier food.
Poor conditions behind hospital’s manicured façade
Behind well-kept gardens, Limpopo’s Donald Fraser Hospital is hiding serious neglect, alledge patients.
Plates over Pills
WATCH: meet the doctor using her garden as her prescription pad.
Pensioner’s backyard garden feeds his family
A pensioner in the North West created his vegetable 20 years ago. Since then, it has gone a long way to feed his family, he says.
Part 7 | ‘No hunger here’ – How a Lenasia community garden helps unemployed families put food on the table
For unemployed father of three, Ramsenyane Lefenya, volunteering at a community garden in Lenasia South close to Johannesburg, means there are fresh vegetables to take home to his family every day. The 34-year-old father of three children aged 7, 9…
Organic farmer encourages youth to get into food gardening
“The health of the land is linked to people’s health and future.” This is Khaya Mposula’s ethos, an organic farmer in the Eastern Cape.
One woman’s drive to encourage home grown vegetables to save money and stay healthy
As South Africa marks Women’s Day today, one woman in Vhembe, Limpopo is making a positive difference to community by promoting the benefits of home vegetable gardens.
North West families turn to food gardens amid food hikes
As drought and a weaker rand conspire to raise food prices, families in the North West may be hardest hit. One family has found a fix for high food prices.
Love, care and vegetables
Lush food gardens set up by an Oxfam partner have been a lifeline for communities in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe, in the recent economic hardships.
Khayelitsha’s guerrilla gardening changing its food culture
A collective is radically reclaiming its township from pervasive fast food outlets by encouraging youth to grow their own food.