Francesca Fantoni joins wild food expert Loubie Rusch to talk about locally adaptive Cape plants and the work of reconnecting communities with South Africa’s biodiverse landscapes.
Powerful interview on navigating the tension between commons-based indigenous knoweldge and extractive Western systems. The point about walking a tightrope between gatekeeping and re-appropriation feels central to alot of regenerative work happening globally. That bit about rooibos benefit-sharing barely reaching original communities shows how easily these frameworks get captured by existing power structures.
Powerful interview on navigating the tension between commons-based indigenous knoweldge and extractive Western systems. The point about walking a tightrope between gatekeeping and re-appropriation feels central to alot of regenerative work happening globally. That bit about rooibos benefit-sharing barely reaching original communities shows how easily these frameworks get captured by existing power structures.