{"id":20226,"date":"2013-06-06T15:41:44","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T13:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/we-ate-for-the-earth\/"},"modified":"2013-06-06T15:41:44","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T13:41:44","slug":"we-ate-for-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/we-ate-for-the-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"We ate for the earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"wpsr_floatbts_anchor\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last night, a dinner was hosted in support for Soil for Life, to create awareness of food insecurity in South Africa and to promote the growing of food to grow people and communities.<\/p>\n<p>Encouraging people to host meals in support for Eat for Earth on World Environment Day, <a href=\"http:\/\/mype.co.za\/new\/2012\/12\/deirdre-elphick-moore\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deirdre Elphick-Moore<\/a> hosted her own dinner with like-minded individuals who are influencers in their profession and community. Using vegetables, grown from her own garden and purchased locally through Organic Footprints, the table d\u00e9cor also came from Deirdre\u2019s own garden, with guests taking home their own rocket seeds to start their own veggie garden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFood security means all people, at all times, have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life. Soil for life is an enabler for this, it is a fantastic organisation that equips people in some of South Africa\u2019s poorest areas with skills and resources to grow their own food.\u201d Commented Deirdre.<\/p>\n<p>There are so many ways that people from <a title=\"Algoa Country\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mype.co.za\/cgi-bin\/search.cgi?keywords=Algoa\" target=\"_blank\">Algoa country<\/a> can back efforts like those driven by Soil for Life. You can support local businesses, like <a title=\"Contact Organic Footprints\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mype.co.za\/search\/O_,045_From_Occupations_to_Ozone\/Organic_Produce\/organic_footprints_16336.html\" target=\"_blank\">Organic Footprints<\/a> that source ethically grown, organic produce from our region, start community growing projects, get children involved so that they too can learn the importance of looking after and harvesting from the earth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24265\" alt=\"Soil For Life\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/59061_Soil_For_Life.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clockwise from front left: Ingrid Brown, Mel Schwartz, Coreen van den Berg, Dr. Sharon Wilson, Dr. Tharina Hough, Anseri Nel, Cindy Keates, Jodi Bosch and Gail Willamott<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author:<\/strong> Kimberley Nanson<br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soilforlife.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.soilforlife.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, a dinner was hosted in support for Soil for Life, to create awareness of food insecurity in South Africa and to promote the growing of food to grow people and communities. 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