PUBLIC SEMINAR: Markets, politics and agroecology

Markets, Politics and Agroecology, a Biowatch Public Seminar, took place on Wednesday 14 August at Vuleka Centre in Bothas Hill, Durban.

• Siphiwe Sithole (African Marmalade) took a holistic look at the politics of food from seed to plate in South Africa, exploring a restorative journey.
• In a performance lecture titled Icala Lemthombo – The Case of Sorghum, Russel Hlongwane and Tammy Langtry presented evidence against the Durban Corporation in the case of stolen umqombothi through the Native Beer Act of 1908. 
• Mvuselelo Ngcoya (Bonakude Farm) unpacked the strategies employed by the Bonakude network of farmers in Phatheni, Richmond, to deepen local markets.

If you were not able to attend the public seminar, you can watch the recordings below, or on the Biowatch Youtube Channel – Public Seminar Playlist. 

1. Siphiwe Sithole (African Marmalade): Taking indigenous African food out of the periphery into the mainstream

2. Russel Hlongwane and Tammy Langtry: Icala Lemthombo (The Case of Sorghum)

3. Mvuselelo Ngcoya (Bonakude Farm): Opportunities and challenges of deep localism in agroecological markets