South Africa’s Agriculture Minister Rejects Monsato’s GM Maize Seed 28 November 2019 Amidst the clamor that surrounds Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) globally, a small but significant triumph panned out in South Africa last month. The country’s Agriculture Minister, Thoko Didiza, upheld the decision by the Executive Council to reject American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation, Monsato’s request for the commercial cultivation of its allegedly drought-tolerant MON87460 x …
Slow Food at the first Agroecology for the 21st Century conference in Cape Town 22 February 2019 Emanuele Dughera The South African city of Cape Town hosted the inaugural Agroecology for the 21st Century conference last month. Slow Food contributed to the event in a range of ways, from panel discussions to catering, to organizing a Disco Soup.
New Slow Food Presidia: South African Rainbow Maize and Rex Union Orange 9 July 2018 Today Rainbow Maize and the Rex Union Orange have officially joined Slow Food’s Presidia project, which supports quality production at risk of extinction in the face of industrial food production. Both traditional varieties have been handed down through generations of family farmers and must be saved for future generations. Rainbow Maize is an heirloom corn variety that was grown in …
