Living Land to focus on the successed of Priority Zone
Priority Zone is a social project that addresses greening and food security issues in areas where there is no space to establish gardens. Due to the congestion in Durban, Priority Zone has found ways of establishing gardens on sidewalks and rooftops of buildings. Beneficiaries are mainly people in the surrounding areas close to taxi ranks who ask for food.
During Arbor Week, Living Land filmed the successes of Priority Zone. Living Land is a magazine programme about the agricultural sector in South Africa broadcast on SABC2, Saturdays at 05:30. The episode about Priority Zone will be screened on Saturday, 19 October.
Danie Swart, acting head of education at the SABC says “Recently another broadcaster featured an insert about Australia being the leaders in urban farming, but we wonder who the real leaders are. The rooftop farms in Durban are just as advanced as or even better than down-under. We beat Australia in rugby so why not beat them when it comes to urban farming?”
The Community Garden, producers of vegetables in Hammarsdale also feature in this episode. “Instead of just planting indigenous trees on Arbor Day they planted 2000 fruit trees in low-income households. The Community Garden contributes nationally towards improving the quality of life and development of sustainable human settlements. They also targets schools, early learning centres, clinics and old age homes. Their set task is to plant a million trees across the country annually,” explains Nozipho Ndiweni of no-line communications who produce Living Land for SABC Education.
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