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The Lynedoch Valley, which consists of the Vlottenburg, Vlaeberg and Lynedoch communities, is situated on the outskirts of Stellenbosch. Like much of South Africa, the Valley has beauty in its diversity but is also reflective of high levels of inequality.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, a collective from the community identified a number of vulnerable families in Lynedoch and Vlottenburg, and the group came together to help with food security and emergency healthcare relief. A community committee, in close collaboration with local NGOs, schools, farms and businesses, was formed to further understand the problems that the community faces and ways to make a change. The SI is a member of this collective. 

The Local Wild Food Hub (LWFH) is ensuring food sustainability within all our programmes by normalising the use of local indigenous foods. As an organisation, we are learning about, growing and eating the forgotten and ignored local indigenous plant foods of the Cape Floristic Region.

Our Nourish programme incorporate local indigenous plant foods and use them in the school feeding programme, meals prepared at the Green Café and for catering at events. Our food gardens are learning gardens, and we regularly include nature in the school curricula and extra mural activities. With the addition of collaborative research projects, it all serves to strengthen, enhance and encourage the use of indigenous plant foods.

Our Community of Practice links a wide network of practitioners across many disciplines who are also concerned with bringing wellness to local people and their local wild food landscapes.

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please contact : localwild@sustainabilityinstitute.net