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South African farmers actively participate in conservation efforts

Financial systems, the way food is consumed, produced and distributed, and the way in which technology is used, need to change to create a more sustainable food system. This was the message of Shelly Fuller, sustainable food systems manager at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) at the Living Soils Community Learning Farm annual event recently held near Stellenbosch.

She said that the food system in its current state was the number

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