Database research record2018·South Africa
Think Piece: Food gardening and inter-generational learning in times of uncertainty
Nanna Jordt Jørgensen
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Drawing on a case from the Amanzi for Food project in South Africa's Eastern Cape and earlier material on community gardens in Port Elizabeth, this think piece reflects on how people whose livelihoods depend on land and animals experience and cope with the uncertainty generated by climate change. It focuses on intergenerational interaction and learning in food gardening, arguing that these processes shape responses to uncertainty oriented toward creative solutions rather than debilitation.