PHA Food & Farming Campaign

PHA Food & Farming Campaign Protecting Cape Town's food, water and land. We working towards declaring the PHA a national asset and the country's first protected agriculture area.

Help our community protect the Philippi Horticulture Area from developers and sand mining: because Cape Town's food security, water security and soil security depends on it.

17/04/2026
|| PMBEJD’s latest Household Affordability Index shows that the cost of a basic nutritional food basket in December 2025...
20/01/2026

|| PMBEJD’s latest Household Affordability Index shows that the cost of a basic nutritional food basket in December 2025 was R5,333.45, a 75% increase from December 2018. The combination of rising food prices and almost-stagnant minimum wages is putting immense pressure on South African ||

The PMBEJD’s latest Household Affordability Index shows that the cost of a basic nutritional food basket in December 2025 was R5,333.45, a 75% increase from December 2018.

Dear PHA Campaign comrades, friends and supporters. May you all have a wonderful safe festive season and a peaceful, pro...
02/01/2026

Dear PHA Campaign comrades, friends and supporters. May you all have a wonderful safe festive season and a peaceful, prosperous 2026. This year is going to be massive for the Philippi Horticultural Area🐝

Merry Christmas everyone🎉. Have a wonderful day🍰
25/12/2025

Merry Christmas everyone🎉. Have a wonderful day🍰

It's time the public understand how their food is poisioning people who work or live near farms. https://www.medicalbrie...
28/11/2025

It's time the public understand how their food is poisioning people who work or live near farms.

https://www.medicalbrief.co.za/pesticides-damaging-western-cape-childrens-brains-sa-swiss-study/

Source: Medical Brief
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Routine exposure to agricultural pesticides may be affecting the brains of children living in South Africa’s farming regions, and affecting their cognitive abilities. This is according to findings from scientists at the Centre for Environmental and Occupational Health Research in the School of Pub...

|| The nutritional density in our global produce has declined significantly within the past 50-70 years. Whilst yields h...
20/09/2025

|| The nutritional density in our global produce has declined significantly within the past 50-70 years. Whilst yields have gone up and soil health has been neglected more and more in modern day farming practices, nutrient levels in commercial produce have suffered. So how exactly does sustainable agriculture and soil quality contribute to nutrient density, and why is this important? ||

Written by Sophie Kirk, Deakin University Food & Nutrition Science Placement Student

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