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The deck is stacked with profound problems that need solutions, but we can do it.
June demolition of Bertrams Urban Farm, running for 16 years, disrupted dozens of feeding schemes.
Refiloe Molefe, ‘Fifi’, or Mam Refiloe, as she is affectionately known, didn’t set out to be a farmer. While she trained as a nurse, her passion for growing food was born out of a desire to feed her community. And for over 16 years, she has done just that.
The beloved Bertrams Inner City Farm will be destroyed when the City of Joburg pushes ahead with the building of a multipurpose centre.
There is no comprehensive and systematic process to plan for urban agriculture in Johannesburg. Bertrams Farm may be valuable for a comprehensive approach to urban agriculture and it needs to be conserved as a farm, but we have to depersonalise the issue. There is no comprehensive and systemati...