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Can you picture 20 million people?
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SA Harvest continues rapid expansion
South Africa’s fastest-growing food rescue organisation, SA Harvest, is continuing its rapid expansion in its mission to end hunger in South Africa. The NPO, which launched in October 2019, has taken occupation of dedicated warehouse space in Johannesburg and Durban. This increases SA Harvest’s capacity to achieve its target of delivering 15 million meals in the next 12 months.
Winter goodness spreads through Cape Town
Oranges and lemons, grapefruit and clementines... The jewels nature brings us in winter - just when we need their vitamin-packed goodness the most. And thanks to farms like ALG Boerdery in Citrusdal, Rora Orchards in Ceres and Market Demand Fruits in Simondium, we get...
#Foodsaver Series | Preserving fresh herbs
How often do your herbs go to waste? Now and then? Every time? Buying more than we need is usually the case or the herb pack is just way too much to get though, right? Although nothing beats the taste of fresh herbs, there are ways to preserve herbs when there are too many to get through. These two tips will help you to preserve your herbs so that you can enjoy them whenever you need them.
Planting seeds to harvest systemic solutions
Robert Louis Stevenson said it best. At SA Harvest, we fight hunger by rescuing food. And at the same time, we plant seeds to find solutions to the systemic causes and the logistical reasons why perfectly good food doesn't get to where it's needed. We're on a mission...
#Nourished… Carrots for Africa!
We got an ENORMOUS donation of carrots 🥕🥕🥕 from our generous friends at Morester Landgoed in Ceres - which gave us the inspiration for our #nourished recipe of the week! Did you know that carrots are widely regarded as the perfect health food? Here's why! ...
Foodsaver for May – Veggie Stock Pot!
What do you do with your kitchen scraps? We're talking about the peels, stalks and 🥬 leaves of 🧄 onions, 🥕carrots, celery, 🧅 garlic, 🌶 peppers, leeks and 🍄mushrooms. Instead of tossing them, why not make a healthy, homemade veggie broth/stock from these precious...
Know Your Nutrition
Which ingredient is highest in iron ? A. Meat 🍖 B. Spinach 🍃 C. Salmon 🐟 It's Spinach! 100 grams of spinach contains 1.1 times more iron than the same amount of red meat and 2.2 times more than 100 grams of salmon. This is also 3 times more than 100 grams of boiled...
What’s on the Menu? Roosterkoek!
Pot bread, baked treats, muffins, vetkoek, thick slices of bread… The cooks in our beneficiary organisations have been baking up the most delicious creations across the length of Cape Town – all thanks to a donation of Golden Cloud flour by Bidfood. Check out this...
5 Million Meals Delivered in 18 Months
SA Harvest, the national food rescue and advocacy organisation on a mission to end hunger in South Africa, is celebrating having passed the 5 million mark in meals delivered, a milestone made more remarkable by the fact that it has been achieved in just 18 months...