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 article appeared in Issue 324 of Resurgence and Ecologist, January/February 2021. By Method Gundidza You have probably never heard of Bikita, a district in south-eastern Zimbabwe, but for me this is home – where my ancestors lived, where my roots are – and we have an important story to…
At EarthLore Foundation, developing resilient seed systems is a process that is centred around community dialogues. It is in these community dialoguing circles that the memory of lost seeds is revived – the forgotten knowledge and the rich and deep connection of the seeds to the people on many levels…
Gogo Thango, a much-loved farmer from the community of Julius Mkhonto, Elukwatini, Mpumalanga, passed away on 12 August 2020. Richard Haigh, an agroecology (AE) trainer who owns Enaleni Farm, near Richmond in KwaZulu Natal, paid tribute to Gogo Thango who had attended his 5-day AE training workshop in November…
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…