Cape Times – Making Our “Edible City” Grow
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View ArticleCome feast on OZCF Broad Beans!
Come one, come all – soon there will be beautiful green broad beans at the Oranjezicht City Farm’s market! These big green beauties (also known as fava beans) have been steadily reaching maturity in a...
View ArticleAsparagus – it must be spring!
Spring has sprung – and so has our asparagus! Let’s face it: spring just isn’t the same without enjoying the fruits of the season. Certain fruits and vegetables have become synonymous with spring –...
View ArticleThe Food Dialogues Report
On World Food Day 2014 we took another step towards creating a better food system in Cape Town by launching the Food Dialogues Report in collaboration with the Cape Town Partnership. Packed with local...
View ArticleMeet ‘Snowy’ our albino squirrel
While picnicking in the Company’s Gardens in Cape Town or strolling along the pathway en route to the National Gallery or museum you may have come across the famed white squirrel who lives there. Well...
View ArticleMarket moving to Granger Bay for winter 2015
From Saturday 6 June 2015 Oranjezicht City Farm’s weekly farmer’s market will relocate to the Granger Bay section of the V&A Waterfront for the winter from its current venue at Leeuwenhof. This...
View ArticleOZCF publishes book on Oranjezicht history
Update: Now available for purchase in our online store! The Oranjezicht City Farm is delighted to announce the publication of its first book, Oranjezicht: Recalling the past, cultivating the future, by...
View ArticleProfile of OZCF the headline feature in Daily Maverick
From the Daily Maverick – read the original. Food as a human right: Growing food, By the people, For the people The Oranjezicht City Farm Market in Cape Town has gone in four years from being a small...
View ArticleFabulous Floral Fundraiser 2016
Get fresh seasonal cut flowers, just in time for Mother’s Day 2016, and support OZCF’s non-profit educational mission! Choose from unique fynbos, herbs, edibles and the best seasonal flowers, either...
View ArticleHeritage Day 2016 Celebration
Don’t miss out! Come join in the fun and help celebrate local food, culture and community. What can I do on the day? Meet the volunteer guides and tour the Oranjezicht City Farm Participate in guided...
View ArticleOwl Box: agile clever people needed to install it
Artisan, Hoffman Wentzel has made the most beautiful owl box for OZCF. This nesting box is needed to attract an owl to help us protect our delicious vegetables from squirrels. We need to work out how...
View ArticleUnearthing the Path to the Past
Historical information needed to unearth a path to the past. One of the farm’s volunteers and education program coordinators, Lizza Littlewort, is focussing her Masters degree dissertation on the...
View ArticleOranjezicht-stadsplaas leef groen
Die Oranjezicht-stadsplaas is die proefprojek wat as’t ware die eerste saadjie plant waar inwoners van die buurt weer met mekaar in kontak kom en uiteindelik ook met ander buurte en gemeenskappe kontak...
View ArticleMarch against Monsanto – Anti-GMO marches in South Africa
The March in Cape Town will convene at Kaizersgracht near the Grand Parade at 10 am on Saturday 25th May 2013. Facebook Event link in new tab View Larger Map A GM food awareness event will be at the...
View ArticleUpdates from OZCF
Dear Friend of the Farm Join the Veggielution! Dig our up-and-coming events. From a youth workshop aimed at 15-18 year-olds to a soulful music performance for all ages, we hope that one of our events...
View ArticleA Morning with a PR Agent for. . . Earthworms
It was a chilly, drizzling Saturday morning with rainbows appearing, disappearing and reappearing in the skyline. I had heard about the Oranjezicht City Farm (OZCF), tucked between urban plots on the...
View ArticleCape Town’s oldest urban farm recreated as Oranjezicht City Farm!
Yesterday we went to visit the Oranjezicht City Farm to see the excellent work in turning an old unused bowling green back into a non-profit urban farm. The post Cape Town’s oldest urban farm recreated...
View ArticleAn appeal from OZCF
Dear Friend of the Farm Please help us flourish! The seeds we planted together at the Oranjezicht City Farm are sprouting. Seeds of vegetables. Of beauty. Of sustainability. Of community. Of change....
View ArticlePlan Bee.
Across the globe urban beekeepers are popping up, more cities is the USA are legalizing the keeping of bees and the Mayor of London has set aside £ 42 000 for urban beekeeping projects. Bees are being...
View ArticleA Peak into the Past: historical trends of growing your own food
Most of my friends wouldn’t know where to begin if told to grow their own food. I of course have my horticulture comrades…but those engineers; oceanographers; teachers — they’re great at their...
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