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  • From: Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson <lakinroe@silcom.com>
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  • Subject: [permaculture] South Africa schools with food gardens can win big - permaculture food gardening-
  • Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 14:10:13 -0700

08/06/2006 12:33 PM - (SA)
South Africa schools with food gardens can win big
http://www.news24.com/Regional_Papers/Components/Category_Article_Text_Template/0%2C%2C433-441-442_1947924~E%2C00.html


Woolworths Trust EduPlant, in association with the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Landcare SA and SABC Education, is South Africa's leading schools' food gardening and greening programme that supports schools in the growing of good food in a sustainable, natural way. All entries must be submitted by the 30th of June 2006.

Western Cape schools are expected to have a strong showing this year. Last year, 11 Western Cape schools entered the Woolworths Trust EduPlant competition. Emfundisweni Pre Primary came first in the hotly contested Emerging category and Rocklands Primary was awarded the Provincial prize. At Emfundisweni Primary there is a high awareness of the impact of good nutrition on health. Children are fed the produce and the school has helped the local clinic to establish their own garden to support HIV/AIDS patients. The judges commended Rocklands Primary for its advanced permaculture design and practices. Their permaculture environment includes rain water harvesting, worm farms, a medicinal garden and a food forest.

Earlier this year, 2750 educators attended 46 one-day Woolworths Trust EduPlant permaculture food gardening workshops, held across the country. The workshops equipped educators with skills on how to develop permaculture food gardens and link these to the outcomes based curriculum.

Now is the time for schools to enter their gardens into the competition. 63 schools will be chosen to participate in the 2006 Woolworths Trust EduPlant finals, to be held at the end of September 2006. All finalist schools will travel to Gauteng for an action-packed three-day event, where they will present their Permaculture food gardening projects to a panel of judges, attend fun and educational workshops and network with other schools. Each finalist school will win a cash prize of R500 as well as environmental, health and gardening resources. Additional prize money and resources will be awarded to the winners of the emerging, intermediate, advanced and provincial categories.

The Woolworths Trust EduPlant programme recognises the development of gardens over time. Schools that have just started their food garden can become finalists in the emerging category, which is for new entrants. The intermediate category is for schools with established gardens that have entered EduPlant in previous years. Schools that have won before and that have implemented community outreach programmes participate in the advanced category of the competition. In addition nine provincial winners are also selected.

The 2006 Woolworths Trust EduPlant competition is an opportunity for schools to be recognised and rewarded for their efforts in transforming their grounds into environmentally-friendly, food-rich environments .Enter the Woolworths Trust EduPlant 2006 competition by the 30th of June 2006.

Contact Food & Trees for Africa: Joanne Rolt on 011 803 9750, email joanne@trees.org.za or see www.trees.co.za Woolworths Trust EduPlant page. Entries can be faxed to 011 803 9604 or post to FTFA, PO Box 2035, Gallo Manor, 2052








  • [permaculture] South Africa schools with food gardens can win big - permaculture food gardening-, Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson, 06/11/2006

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