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    The Goedgedacht Trust has helped more than 2000 rural households become more food secure by helping them to grow their own foods.
    Food for Thought

    Food gardens a lifeline in rural communities

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    National and international Cotton experts attending the Cotton by-product workshop in South Africa.
    Food for Thought

    Cotton by-products promise opportunities for Africa

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    Chris McCullough is a freelance multimedia journalist has visited and reported from South Africa on five separate occasions over the past 12 years.
    Columns

    Positivity among hard pressed farmers impresses Irish agri journalist as he...

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    In 2010 Greenpop planted 1 000 trees in a number of townships like Bonteheuwel, Khayelitsha and Delft on the Cape Flats. Since then they've planted more than 100,000 indigenous and fruit trees across Sub-Saharan Africa.
    Editors Choice

    ‘Treevolution’ has started across Sub-Saharan Africa

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    The Anna Foundation is empowering many children, teenagers, their parents and women living in rural communities through academic, physical and social skills.
    Editors Choice

    Reading, Running and Right-ing unlocks the future for farm kids

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    The local sugar industry contributes about R14 billion towards Mzansi’s economy and employs about 85 000 locals. Photo: Joshua Reid
    Food for Thought

    Cheap sugar imports a bitter nightmare for Mzansi’s cane farmers

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    Honey has a soothing effect on sore throats and may even help reduce coughs.
    Columns

    6 Flu-fighting foods to protect yourself this winter

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    Pictured here are the six farmers with Sernick officials. From left Patrick Sekwatlakwatla (Sernick), Patrick Molotsi, Mojalefa Mashao, David Whitfield ( Sernick), Jacqui-Anne Middleton, Petro Naude (Sernick), Ernest Setlogelo, Solomon Mosoeu and Zacharia Matli.
    Food for Thought

    Mentoring programme opens the door to commercial farming

    Chantélle Hartebeest -
    FoodForward SA was established in 2009 to address widespread hunger in South Africa. They recover quality edible surplus food and distribute it to beneficiary organisations.
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    FoodForward SA is connecting a world of surplus to a world...

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    Over the years, Potatoes SA's enterprise development program has helped several emerging potato farmers in building a commercial farming business.
    Food for Thought

    Potatoes SA programme gives emerging farmers a boost

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