FTFA and its team of permaculture experts are now working through the entry forms carefully to shortlist around 200 of the top schools who are growing food gardens, greening, recycling, running outreach projects and generally working towards a healthier future. These shortlisted schools across all provinces of the country will be visited by the FTFA team in late July and August and, as well as being assessed, they will be given educational and plant resources and advice. Of these shortlisted schools, 70 schools will be selected to attend the EduPlant finals at the end of September where they will attend exciting educational workshops, meet and learn from other schools, have great fun and win great prizes. Thanks to Absa, Engen and the Woolworths Trust for their commitment to EduPlant over the next three years!
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Record number of EduPlant entries in 2010
EduPlant programme coordinator Food & Trees for Africa is pleased to announce that a record number of over 580 schools have submitted entry forms for the competition this year. Partners Absa, Engen and the Woolworths Trust are delighted that an increased number of schools have the opportunity to benefit from the information, awareness and education that EduPlant provides, as well as the growing interest and activity around growing food towards improved health, nutrition and a more sustainable environment. This is encouraging especially as the school and EduPlant calendar changed this year due to FIFA World Cup.
Record number of Educators reached through EduPlant workshops
Eduplant 2010 Launched - A public-private partnership to ensure food security EduPlant , FTFA’s national programme teaching educators, learners and communities how to sustainably grow their own food, has started and FTFA is delighted to announce that the EduPlant partners ABSA, Engen and Woolworths Trust have agreed to support the programme for the next three years.SA Schools show the world at 2009 Eduplant Competition
SUSTAINABLE FOOD GARDENING IN SADespite recent petrol price reductions, South Africans are still experiencing high food costs. No one feels this pinch more seriously than the estimated thirty-five percent of the population, about 15 million people, who are chronically vulnerable to food insecurity. |
The 2010 EduPlant workshops have been a great success. This year the programme welcomes Engen, Absa, and the Woolworths Trust as the funding partners. They are growing and developing this national school greening and food gardening programme, founded and coordinated by FTFA, that is now in its 16th year.