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STEPHANIE COOKSON While the issue of food insecurity among students in South Africa is well known, the University of Pretoria is home to food sustainability projects that hope to tackle it. PDBY spoke to the organisers of UP’s Community Engagement food gardens, as well as the Mamelodi Business School’s garden project. UP Community Engagement, which is a part of the Department of Education Innovation, has made use of unused land in Hatfield to build vegetable gardens. “The two sites [are] now called Reliable House and Moja Gabedi”, explained Ms Gernia van Niekerk, the Manager of Community Engagement. Moja Gabedi also “serves as a therapy gardenRead More →