This week in agriculture definitely offers a few events worth bookmarking. First up is the Hostex expo, followed by the Tshwane Agri X Engage round table, Food For Mzansi Gather To Grow, a table wine event, and the second African food safety technical meeting and more.. Send an email to info@foodformzansi.com with your event information to have it added to the calendar.
Dumelang Mzansi! On Monday you are invited to the Hostex Expo in Sandton and the Tshwane Agri X Engage discussion on Tuesday. You might want to gear up for this week’s Gather To Grow session hosted on Twitter this Wednesday.
Closer to the weekend on Thursday, it’s time to wind down with wine experts from Leopard’s Leap in Franschhoek. Also be sure to look out for the the second African food safety technical meeting hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency on Friday.
Monday, 27 June
Johannesburg hosts Hostex 2022
The Hostex Expo 2022 on food, drink and hospitality trade show kicks off in Sandton.
The event will provide fresh opportunities for the hospitality, food, and drink industries to network, learn, source, buy, meet, and be entertained by all the show has to offer.
The Expo will feature various exhibits, including innovative products and services, one-stop sourcing, show specials and promotions, and l chef’s skillery village among others.
Click here for more information.
Tuesday, 28 June
Tshwane Agri X Engage
Participate in this year’s Tshwane Agri X Engage, where an interesting panel discussion about agriculture, politics, and the economy will be hosted. How these areas are directly linked will also be up for discussion.
In the course of this discussion, attendees will have the opportunity to reassess the business perspectives they currently hold and test their capacity to be competitive in the future.
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Wednesday, 29 June
#GatherToGrow
Are you an aspirant farmer looking for more information on how to get into the agricultural sector? Do you have a smartphone and a Twitter account? Join us every Wednesday at 18:00 for Food For Mzansi #GatherToGrow, where we discuss anything and everything related to agriculture. This week we discuss livestock farming and what to farm in which province.
Follow us at @FoodforMzansi to participate!
Thursday, 30 June
The future is sustainability
The Future of Sustainability Summit is where your want to be. The summit promotes sustainable and transparent business practices, aiming to provoke responsible corporate citizenship and sustainable development – from individual to institutional level.
This event will aid in achieving your investment goals, whilst simultaneously supporting ethical and environmentally-conscious approaches to do better business!
This event provides a platform for thought leaders, businesses, entrepreneurs, organisations and industry experts with a common mission to convene, connect and take actionable steps towards implementing green, sustainable and ethically-sound strategies to mobilise Africa towards a zero-carbon emission, waste-free, fully sustainable, smart continent.
Click here to find out more.
Leopard’s Leap Family Vineyards
Leopard’s Leap South Africa cordially invites you to their table wine event in Franschhoek. Gather around the table to have wine conversations with guests and a well-informed wine tasting ambassador.
Chef Christiaan Visser will prepare different kinds of South African meals, and share origin stories of the dishes during a convivial hour of food and wine conversations.
Click here for more information
Friday, 01 July
Second African food safety technical meeting
The International Atomic Energy Agency wants you to join them in Johannesburg for their second technical meeting on food safety in Africa.
The event’s goal is to improve networking among African food safety stakeholders through the African Food Safety Network (AFoSaN); to facilitate the sharing of analytical knowledge and the transfer of developed technologies related to a variety of food contamination situations, including in emergence and outbreak situations.
The event also seeks to encourage continent-wide discussions on how to best improve national and regional food safety control systems to protect consumers and facilitate trade.
Click here for more information.
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