SA Food Sovereignty

#FoodSovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy & culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods

[SA Food Sovereignty @safoodsov]

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

[SA Food Sovereignty @safoodsov]

A Universal Basic Income Grant (UBIG) could end hunger, reduce poverty & restore dignity.

This short 5-min animation breaks it down:
🎥 https://t.co/KBGo5xgadN

#UBIGNOW #BasicIncome #EndInequality #SAFSC

[SA Food Sovereignty @safoodsov]

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: https://t.co/bpdpLk2u7p

Submissions are still open for those who would like to contribute. See guidelines below.

[SA Food Sovereignty @safoodsov]

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:
https://t.co/b9aPPuTWKv

#FoodSovereignty #SAFSC #FoodCommons #Agroecology

[SA Food Sovereignty @safoodsov]

🌱 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: https://t.co/cROY7Et5t7

#SeedSaving #Agroecology

[SA Food Sovereignty @safoodsov]

📢 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: https://t.co/blrJPJQ9n5

[SA Food Sovereignty @safoodsov]

This activist guide by the SAFSC connects the right to food with grassroots action. A tool for building food sovereignty from below ✊🏾🌍

Download here:
https://t.co/12dQcl7VVO

#FoodSovereignty #RightToFood #SAFSC

[SA Food Sovereignty @safoodsov]

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 🌍🌾
📽️ https://t.co/BJdAbNDmjh
#FoodSovereignty #Agroecology

[SA Food Sovereignty @safoodsov]

📢 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: https://t.co/blrJPJQ9n5

[Agroecology Now @AgroecologyNow]

The Rooted Magazine launched its first special issue focusing on supportive policies for agroecology and food sovereignty. Read magazine, including @AgroecologyNow contributions, here: https://t.co/FChLKrIWJb

[SA Food Sovereignty @safoodsov]

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

[SA Food Sovereignty @safoodsov]

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: https://t.co/FYJCxv0i7b
📄 Feed Ourselves Through Food Sovereignty Policy: https://t.co/QEoBHaxtmM

[SA Food Sovereignty @safoodsov]

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: https://t.co/FYJCxv0i7b
📄 Feed Ourselves Through Food Sovereignty Policy: https://t.co/QEoBHaxtmM

[Navdanya International @NavdanyaInt]

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

[SA Food Sovereignty @safoodsov]

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: https://t.co/OnYrOgtbxb. #EndHunger #EndThirst #EndThirst #ProtectNature

[Dr. Vandana Shiva @drvandanashiva]

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

[SA Food Sovereignty @safoodsov]

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: https://t.co/vDI5obWZVh

[SA Food Sovereignty @safoodsov]

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: https://t.co/vDI5obWZVh

[Climate Justice Charter @CJCharterSA]

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: https://t.co/vRdaGbFqpl

[Climate Justice Charter @CJCharterSA]

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.

[Climate Justice Charter @CJCharterSA]

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.

[Climate Justice Charter @CJCharterSA]

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.