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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…

Festivities at Seed & Food Fair: Prize furthers Community Garden’s Goal

A major highlight of this year’s Mazwimba Seed and Food Fair, in October 2023, in the South African province of Limpopo, was the opportunity for farmers to display produce from their fields and gardens together with wild fruits, foods, herbs and medicinal plants. There were a few displays of individual…

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.

Celebrating Millet at the Bikita Seed and Food Fair

A warm welcome to the 2023 Bikita Seed and Food Fair, which takes place today, 12 September, at Chamas Communal Garden, in Gangare Village, Bikita, Zimbabwe. This is the most important event on EarthLore’s calendar of celebrations of the Year of Millets. The theme of the Seed Fair is “Our…

Year Of Millets – Humwe Ceremony at Takaendesa Homestead, Chiroorwe, Bikita, Zimbabwe, 5th April 2023

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…

2023 – Year of the Millets

2023 is the Year of the Millets as declared by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). For farming communities who live along the millet belt and are accompanied by EarthLore in Zimbabwe and South Africa, this pronouncement will mark a time of celebration of years of reviving this…

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