Bellville Food Systems Walking Tour
Tue Jul 8, 10:00 - Sat Jul 19, 12:00
Bellville Sha'p Left Clinic
ABOUT
Take a journey with the team at the Greater Tygerberg Partnership and SAUFFT showcasing the work being done by the Partnership and the AfriFOODlinks project to develop and support the Bellville informal food system, and understand the relationship between food, waste, culture, identity and political will.
Bellville is the city’s largest commercial centre, located about 20km away from the Cape Town CBD. Bellville acts as a central transport node for the city, and is considered a Pan-African food hub.
The exploration begins with the Bellville informal trade market at the taxi rank, sampling foods, engaging with traders, learning about the goods being traded, and follows the journey of waste created at the market down the road to the waste sorting site, and finally the urban farm that is fertilised by the market's organic waste. The walk ends with a herbal tea.