EarthLore

As people have moved away from rural farming communities to cities in search of work, our relationship with land and seed for food growing has changed from small scale production to large mono-agriculture. Throughout this process, the story of seed has gone from one of abundance and diversity to one of loss, dependence, control and environmental destruction.

We spoke with Mashudu Takalani, who works with the EarthLore Foundation whose work focuses on helping small farming communities in Zimbabwe and South Africa to revive their traditional farming methods and the diversity of indigenous seeds that have evolved and adapted alongside humans and their environment for thousands of years.