A glorious sunrise greets the morning of 22 August 2025. Rhythmic drumming sounds across the dry Masasire landscape announcing the Bikita Seed and Food Fair will soon begin. It is going to be another hot day. Truckloads of farmers are dropped off and they make their way through…
By Natasha Zvemaruwa My first encounter with millet soon after arriving at the Turugare homestead, Bikita, Zimbabwe, was a deliciously bitter cup of maheu, a popular non-alcoholic beverage made, in this instance, with fermented millet and water. Simple, refreshing and highly nutritious! The full bowl of nyemba beans and the…
Frontline Food is a new podcast in which host Georgie Styles interviews activists and thought leaders, in search of the radical grass roots stories of our food systems. In this episode Georgie speaks to Method Gundidza, Earthlore’s director, on how the communities of Bikita, Zimbabwe, have revived traditional varieties of…
Miss Mildred Muchabaiwa is a young farmer in her early 30s living in Bikita, Masvingo province, Zimbabwe. Through the community dialogues and agroecology training offered by EarthLore Foundation, Mildred has come to appreciate traditional seeds and has been amazed by her harvests during the 2019/20 farming season. This has been…
By Sara Davies Fourteen farmers from Bikita, Zimbabwe, took part in the Good Food Festival, a 3-day celebration of organic and traditional food and seed in the capital city of Harare. The farmers, all women, were accompanied by EarthLore to attend the event, from the first day of Farmer Dialogues,…
Millet Threshing Ceremony, Bikita, Zimbabwe – 23 August 2019 Since 2015, Bikita farmers in Zimbabwe have been working with EarthLore to revive their robust traditional seeds that cope better with climate change. A significant development has been to revive millet, over hybrid maize, as the staple food in the area,…
By Nomsa Maseko Hi, my name is Nomsa Maseko. I am well known as Mrs Maseko. I am a mother by God’s grace and a farmer by choice. I have just come back from a 10 days visit to Bikita, Zimbabwe. I went there with EarthLore and Mashudu, Method and…
