#FoodSovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy & culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods
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11 Aug 2020
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
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5 May 2025
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
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24 Apr 2025
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/bl…
Submissions are still open for those who would like to contribute. See guidelines below.
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23 Apr 2025
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/1BFB…
#FoodSovereignty #SAFSC #FoodCommons #Agroecology
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18 Apr 2025
🌱 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-act…
#SeedSaving #Agroecology
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31 Oct 2024
📢 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
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11 Apr 2025
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/uplo…
#FoodSovereignty #RightToFood #SAFSC
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8 Apr 2025
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
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30 Oct 2024
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/
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17 Oct 2024
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
17 Oct 2024
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
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17 Oct 2024
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
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16 Oct 2024
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
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10 Oct 2024
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/Y520Zptw5f5dShZf9. #EndHunger #EndThirst #EndThirst #ProtectNature
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10 Oct 2024
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
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5 Oct 2024
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/Y52oZptw5f5dShZf9
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15 Aug 2024
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
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SA Food Sovereignty retweeted
15 Aug 2024
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.
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SA Food Sovereignty retweeted
15 Aug 2024
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.
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SA Food Sovereignty retweeted
15 Aug 2024
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.
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