Projects
Soweto Garden Route
A recent development for bridging the gaps between farmers, food gardens, and sustainability projects, fostering an ecosystem where knowledge, seeds, and resources are exchanged. This network of thriving green spaces functions to restore soil health,
protecting biodiversity, and strengthening local economies.
Food Sovereignty
This green corridor is also a drive for the rehabilitation of the natural commons that have been assaulted by mining and pollution caused by infrastructure and environmental neglect over time, restoration of our dignity is linked to healing our relationship with our environment.
Climate Justice
The youth, women and working class of the townships bare the brunt of the polysystems collapse and ecocide perpetrated by industrial agriculture, therefore building connections amongst climate activists, home gardeners and community food growers is key to reinforcing resillience.
Seed and Knowledge Exchange
The Soweto Garden Route is a pathway to address the corporate control of seed by providing an alternative platform for exchanging inputs, one rooted not in profit but in eco-social sovereignty.
igadi App
An e-learning platform for agroecology and related green skills aimed at making education fun and accessible. We are in the content development and partnerships phase, the platform is fully developed and ready for deployment.
Victoria Yards
Tony is the head gardener at this landmark urban rejuvenation project, this market garden is birthplace of Down2Earth Living Soil where Daliwonga was also trained and worked under the tutilate of Tony Bensusan.
Homestead Diamonds
Tony was head consultant at a mine situated in Welkom in the Free State Province as part of the Social Labour Plan (SLP). Project was to improve the quality of life of the workers on the mine as well as the surrounding community. We designed and installed
Food gardens on the mine and a model to use the central community garden as a training site and extend gardens to homes. We also incorporated chickens for organic eggs and a kitchen that feeds workers food grown from the gardens.
Andrew Murray NG Kerk
The Johannesburg North reformed Church and Andrew Murray congregation functions as a church without borders providing meals for the needy. We converted their lawns into a food garden with composting and rainwater harvesting systems. We also offered a series of workshops for them to continue garden maintenance independently.
Dihoai Agriculture Project
A community farm in Soweto where Dali is volunteer gardener assisting with a slow transition to Agroecology, facilitating ongoing workshops and putting his multimedia and tech qualifications to use as volunteer tech support.
Juskei River Regeneration
Ongoing consulting for Water For the Future on species selection for rehabilitation of the banks to a more natural and productive state, restoring the ecological integrity of the river system. Tony also offers ongoing Living Soil workshops to WFTF teams.
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