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A Fair to Popularise Healthy Traditional African Foods

The tentacles of American fast food chains that sell fried fatty food, sweet carbonated cold drinks and highly processed packaged snacks, have spread throughout Africa. They bring obesity, high blood pressure, heart attacks, sugar diabetes and other non-communicable diseases to communities who were once healthy. Even rural Africans, who not…

A First for Enkaba: Hosting EarthLore’s Seed Fair in South Africa in 2025

The dusty road through the rugged rocky landscape of Enkaba seemed an unlikely setting for EarthLore’s Seed Fair, held on 10 September 2025. Enkaba is situated some distance from Elukwatini, Mpumalanga, South Africa, and borders on the Nkhomazi Game Reserve. Wild animals, including elephants, sometimes move out of the park…

Creating Ancestral Maps and Calendars of the past, present and future

Seed of memories from the past, the present and the future will be planted in rich and fertile soil during the Eco-Mapping process in Bikita, Zimbabwe, from 6 to 10 October 2025 This is the culmination of many years of work that started 10 years ago when Method Gundidza returned…

First Uluma (first fruits) ceremony in Tshiavha, Venda, South Africa, Blessed by Rain

In most cultures and traditions it is customary to give thanks before eating. The Uluma is an annual ceremony that gives thanks and asks for the blessings of the ancestors and opens the way for the whole community to harvest the crops in their fields for eating. For the first…

Suko Seed Blessing ritual, Venda

Suko Seed Blessing ritual revived in Mazwimba, Venda, after 40 years “Seeds hold great cultural significance by representing new beginnings and the promise of generous harvests. The purpose of this sacred seed blessing ceremony is to invoke, inform and request the ancestral spirits to bless the seed, to process the…

Ukwetfula and Ihhula Rituals to Celebrate and Prepare for the Harvest – Mpumalanga, South Africa

The following article is about events in March last year. We decided to publish it as the communities will be performing the Ihhula ritual on 18 February at Steenbok. In the heart of Elukwatini, a community, strongly connected to the Swati culture and proud of its heritage, is keeping…

Celebrating the Resilience of Traditional Seeds. 2024 Bikita Seed and Food Fair

On 5 September 2024, EarthLore gathers together farmers, friends and family, traditional leaders, government officials, partners, the media, supporters and allies, for the Bikita Seed and Food Fair, where our theme this year is Celebrating the Resilience of Traditional Seeds. The event will be hosted by Chirambaguyo Garden in the…

Visit to Lake Fundudzi, links to Sacred Natural Sites and Finger Millet

On the day after the Mazwimba Seed and Food Fair on 12 October 2023, there was great excitement about the planned visit to Lake Fundudzi, an important Sacred Natural Site for the Venda people. The visit was led by Vhutshilo Netshiavha from the Tshiavha community, a young man from…

Mazwimba Traditional Seed & Food Fair, 11th October 2023

For the first time, EarthLore Foundation’s annual South African Seed and Food Fair will be held in Venda. Limpopo, rather than in Mpumalanga province. The event will take place on Wednesday 11th October, from 9h00 to 16h30, in Mazwimba village, Vhembe district, in Venda. It is sure to be a…

EarthLore’s newly released Seed, Soil and Culture Video

Watch this inspiring visual journey showcasing EarthLore’s work since 2015 that focuses on seed, soil and culture – the very heart of EarthLore’s work.

Tag: Agroecology