Water Wheel - Jan/Feb 2008

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Letters to the editor Article inspires food workshop Your article, ‘Wild Vegetables Tamed to Decrease Hunger’, in the November/December 2006 issue of the Water Wheel was the inspiration behind a traditional foods workshop held at Durban’s Botanic Gardens in October 2007, to address the value of traditional food in today’s society. Our committee decided to make ‘raising the profile’ of traditional foods as a contribution towards reducing malnutrition the major thrust this year. A small group representing this committee, the Diakonia Council of Churches and Mr Martin Clement, education officer at the Botanic Gardens, Durban, worked for some months and were delighted by an attendance of approximately 110 persons at the Botanic Gardens Visitors’ Centre. The ‘tasting’ at the close of the function was provided by Woolworths, using recipes from the recipe book recently launched by the KZN Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs. Two ladies from the department who were instrumental in compiling the recipe book also attended and spoke on their work.

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