The Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) is under threat. On 16 July 2013 the Mayoral Committee with the support of the Executive Mayor supported the application by developers to build houses where vegetables are currently growing in the Philippi Horticultural Area - PHA. This is not in the interests of Cape Town. Its loss to development would affect food security, job creation and our collective ground water security since the PHA is the sump for the massive groundwater system under the Cape Flats. The PHA is estimated to employ over 2,000 people on about 20 farms. “We as emerging farmers, black farmers, commercial farmers supply more than 50% of 48 vegetable types to Cape Town,” says local emerging farmer Nazeer Sonday. https://facebook/OZCFarm/posts/526621130739697
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 07:47:46 +0000
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