SA Food Sovereignty

The time for a BIG is NOW. There’s so much information out there, we’ve decided to start a reading thread. Every Friday we will post a new article on this thread, up for discussion. Please engage with the articles, let’s create a virtual reading club! #UBIGNOW

A Universal Basic Income Grant (UBIG) could end hunger, reduce poverty & restore dignity. This short 5-min animation breaks it down: 🎥 youtu.be/wYMmrH7Rum8 #UBIGNOW #BasicIncome #EndInequality #SAFSC

Our second blog post is here! The library features in this weeks by Timothy Downs, titled "The Public Library as a Communal Cognition System". Find it here: emancipatoryfutures.co.za/blog/blog-2-co… Submissions are still open for those who would like to contribute. See guidelines below.

This SAFSC guide features case studies from across SA—where food hubs, local gardens & solidarity networks are building food sovereignty from below. 📘 Read it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1BFBiAo… #FoodSovereignty #SAFSC #FoodCommons #Agroecology

🌱 Seeds = Power. Take control of your food future! The SAFSC's Seed Saving Activist Guide teaches you how to save seeds and establish community seed banks. Empower your community and promote #FoodSovereignty. 📘 Download: safsc.org.za/seed-saving-ac… #SeedSaving #Agroecology

📢 Call for Think Pieces & Stories! 📢 How do we live and share "the commons" every day? The Emancipatory Futures Studies Project invites you to submit a 2000-word piece exploring topics like simple living, water sharing, eco-ethics & more. 🔗 Learn more: emancipatoryfutures.co.za

This activist guide by the SAFSC connects the right to food with grassroots action. A tool for building food sovereignty from below ✊🏾🌍 Download here: safsc.org.za/wp-content/upl… #FoodSovereignty #RightToFood #SAFSC

The food system is broken—profit-driven, destructive & unequal. But alternatives exist. Watch this short animation by the SAFSC on what a just, people-powered food system could look like 🌍🌾 📽️ youtu.be/AYHybn0QdYA #FoodSovereignty #Agroecology

The Rooted Magazine launched its first special issue focusing on supportive policies for agroecology and food sovereignty. Read magazine, including @AgroecologyNow contributions, here: rooted-magazine.org

Together we marched for change! On World Food Day, we stood united in our demand for food sovereignty, social justice, and environmental regeneration. Our voices will be heard! #EndHunger #EndThirst #EndClimateHarm #ProtectNature

On October 16, the SAFSC handed over a Memorandum of Demands to Parliament, calling for the adoption of: 📄 People’s Food Sovereignty Act No 2 of 2024: rb.gy/14jg56 📄 Feed Ourselves Through Food Sovereignty Policy: rb.gy/nzbt76

The industrial food system is poisoning our planet & fueling climate change. 🌍❌ On #WorldFoodDay, we call for a shift to biodiversity & ecological farming to nourish the Earth & its people. 🌱✨ Let's reclaim our food system for a healthier future! @drvandanashiva #Biodiversity

Join us on October 16th for #WorldFoodDay! Let’s demand an end to hunger, thirst, and climate harm. Take action locally and amplify the change: forms.gle/Y520Zptw5f5dSh…. #EndHunger #EndThirst #EndThirst #ProtectNature

750 varieties of rice conserved & regenerated in Navdanya's living seed bank in Doon Valley getting ready for harvest . Kaia Singh visiting Navdanya filmed the diversity

Join us on October 16th from 14:00-16:00 outside Parliament in Cape Town! We’re calling on Parliament to adopt the People’s Food Sovereignty Act & Policy to #EndHunger #EndThirst & #ProtectNature. Register your local actions: forms.gle/Y52oZptw5f5dSh…

Sign this petition and help call for a Climate Emergency Social Contract (CESC) to be the overarching framework for the GNU, by working with civil society, driven by the people and workers. Sign the petition: chng.it/ZjMM8tycVf

We call on all climate justice forces and civil society to unite and ensure that the national dialogue process envisaged in the GNU document of intent is all-inclusive and tackles the climate emergency.

This is despite the fact that the document was drafted while floods had displaced 3000 people in the Eastern Cape province and a tornado had destroyed communities in Tongaat, Kwa-Zulu Natal. These are not natural disasters. These are climate shocks.

When the GNU statement of intent emerged, it had a glaring omission. There was no mention of tackling the climate crisis and the urgent need to take decisive measures to protect the most vulnerable from climate harm.