The PHA Food & Farming campaign is in a struggle to protect the Philippi Horticulture Area- PHA. This 3000ha urban agricultural area is a unique-in-world food producing area located in the heart of the working class neighbourhood, the Cape Flats. The PHA produces 150 000 tonnes/ annum of vegetables and flowers, is the off-set for thousands/month of livestock for religious, cultural and economic activities on the Cape Flats, and is a vital agricultural area in the city's food system. The PHA is also the last remaining above ground catchment area for the critically important Cape Flats Aquifer. PHA farmers extract water from the aquifer for their irrigation needs and the aquifer can potentially supply the city with 30% of it's potable water needs. The PHA is under threat from urban development, silica sand mining and poor city decision makers.
Cape Times story here: www.iol.co.za/capetimes/citys-breadbasket-threaten…