Organisations working to support optimal and effective use of land and provide skills training in agricultural farming to ensure food security and wealth creation, are listed here.
Abalimi has been operating since 1982, when it was started by Catholic Welfare and Development with the sole aim of helping the poor in Cape Town to grow organic food. Abalimi has grown tremendously over the years and now operates as an independent organisation. Abalimi now...
The Association for Community and Rural Advancement land service and rural development organisation working with poor and landless communities in the Northern Cape and North West provinces. Land rights, land access and socio-economic rights are critical issues in South Africa. Denial...
The Border Rural Committee (formerly the Grahamstown Rural Committee) was set up in 1982 as a non-governmental organisation to assist rural communities in the Border-Kei region in their struggle against forced removals and forced incorporation into former homelands. As the political...
The Built Environment Support Group (BESG) was established in 1983 as an offshoot of the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the University of Natal, Durban. In its early years, it was involved in defence campaigns in support of tenure rights for newly urbanised groups...
Food and Trees for Africa (FTFA) is South Africa’s premier greening organisation that actively engages in the development, management and promotion of greening programmes, including sustainable land use management and food security through Permaculture.
FARM-Africa is an international NGO working on agricultural/rural development issues in East and South Africa see www.farmafrica.org.uk. It has worked with rural communities in South Africa since 1992 in three provinces, namely...
The Food Gardens Foundation was established in 1977 under the name of Food Gardens Unlimited, as a socio-economic project to teach people to help themselves by growing essential food according to sustainable organic principles. Our vision is the empowerment of people to overcome...
Jungle Theatre Company considers itself a forerunner in the environmental education, arts and culture field. We have been in operation for 10 years and stand as a registered NPO for 1 year. Our primary focus is on using theatre as a medium for conveying current environmental and...
North Gauteng Mental Health has its Head Office in Waverley, Pretoria from where all the Admin, Finances and Fundraising is managed. It also has 8 decentralised Satellite Offices with delegated management responsibilities in terms of all the facilities in that township under...
SANTA was founded in Durban in 1947 by a number of organizations engaged in anti-TB work. It offers a multi-faceted service including hospitalisation, curative treatment, social assistance, upliftment and community development projects and awareness campaigns embracing health...
Despite of the reality of this pandemic we refuse to be stunned into passitivity by this silent killer. Our motto is and always will be "Get up and Live" and to encourage AIDS terminally ill patients to continue living .
Stone Dragon Field Camping is an organisation founded in 2001 after visit to the North American Biology Teachers Convention in Montreal. At this convention it was clear that American biology departments were integrated with their university counterparts and big business in...
Tantor is a principal agency providing technical and analytical support, bringing together partnership initiatives in a single framework, fostering ownership of visions, goals, policy and programmes, providing competitive and advantages access. To enhance development...
The Rural Action Committee of Mpumalanga Province Trust is a land rights Non Government Organisation and a founding member and affiliate of the National Land Committee.
Our Motto is that land rights is the first step in sustainable development and is grounded...
Concerned with the current shape of global social and environmental issues, Twig was founded to bridge the gap between the public and the projects deserving their attention. We provide tools for ethical investors to contribute to, and monitor the projects of their choice. We offer...
For very little money and effort, you can have the healthiest soil around. Here¹s how to make lovely compost that¹ll give you prize fruit and veggies. In our last article "Don't Panic - It's Organic" we gave you a taste of what materials should go into a good compost heap. Now here is the nitty gritty.
Cook the whole cauliflower in a little bit of water until it is just tender. Smother with the zesty tomato sauce, sprinkle with grated cheese and serve with crusty brown bread.
Organic gardening is the best way to get the most out of your soil and crops after all, it¹s the way nature designed things! Dave Golding tells you how it works.
Food from the home garden
Eat five servings of fruit and vegetables every day
Most of us know that to be healthy we must have a balanced diet. This means that we should eat something from each of the three food groups every day; body building foods (proteins), energy foods (carbohydrates, fats and oils) and protective foods (vegetables and fruits).
As part of an organic gardening practice, companion planting is used. This is the art of planting certain plants together – because they are good for one another, and avoiding planting certain other plants together, because they don’t grow well together. As with relationships between people, certain plants like and dislike one another, so we plant certain herbs with vegetables to improve their growth and flavour – and some of the herbs also have strong scents which repel harmful pests or may attract beneficial insects.
Plants get most of their nutrients (food) from the soil. With the help of microorganisms (tiny living particles in the soil), the mineral and organic matter in the soil is processed into a form that plants can use. These nutrients dissolve (break down) in the water in the soil and are taken into the plants through their roots.
Climate change is arguably the most crucial issues of our time and is the biggest environmental challenge that we face. While many of us agree that we must do something, it seems too vast a problem for any one of us to tackle, until now.
The Carbon Standard Consortium has been formed to make it easy and affordable for government, individuals, corporations and communities, their office buildings, schools, homes, meetings, events, conferences, celebrations, a business unit, product or brand to offset carbon emissions by planting trees.
Did you know that all life on earth is sustained by only one percent of available water. Isn¹t that a miracle? While most of the earth¹s surface is covered in water, 97 percent is seawater. Most of the remaining three percent is locked up in ice caps and glaciers, deep underground or suspended as vapour in the air.
There's much more to gardening than just growing vegetables or pretty flowers. There are many benefits that come with growing a garden. What we are doing is bringing nature into our homes and lives. By creating a garden, we develop skills and gain knowledge. We also create a beautiful, peaceful and even productive environment that benefits the health and wellbeing of the whole family or community.
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