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. .
This is the final story in EarthLore’s celebration of June, which is Youth Month but we view youth as essential for the present time and for our future and we endeavour to celebrate, nurture and support youth throughout the year. The 2026 theme of The Future Calls acknowledges the vital…
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…