EarthLore works with rural communities to accompany them on a journey to revive their traditional ecological knowledge and practices, seed diversity and farming and governance systems, essential for navigating climate change and defending their land against growing threats from mining and industrial exploitation. .
Four young women farmers: Lucy Luvhengo (36), Seani Manyoka,(33),Zwiswa Siphuma,(33) and Mbulaheni Thathaisa(37), all from Mazwimba, Venda, Limpopo, South Africa, have been on an exciting journey of transformation. This is their story. In 2020, the Covid lockdown limited what we could do, and so we started participating in EarthLore’s community…
by Patric Thwala & Bongiwe Ngwenya Our story is rooted in seed, soil, memory, and hope. It is a story of youth finding a place in farming through agroecology, a dignified and promising path where young people and elders work side by side – wisdom meeting innovation in the fields.…
June in South Africa is Youth Month with 16 June being National Youth Day in honour of school children and youth who fought against the brutal apartheid regime 50 years ago. On 16 June 1976, youth rose up to protest the introduction of Afrikaans in black schools, the language considered…
“Gogo Lamagalela, we are here to give gratitude for the harvest from the seeds you blessed in September 2025 We thank you for your consistent support in reviving traditional practices that were disappearing.” Mashudu Takalani, EarthLore’s Programme Facilitator for South Africa, thanking the Queen Mother who attended the rituals in…