ABSTRACT
In 2011, Slow Food launched the 1,000 Gardens in Africa project. The original objective was to create a thousand good, clean, and fair food gardens in schools, villages and urban areas to ensure that communities had access to high-quality, healthy and sustainable food. The 10,000 gardens project in Africa, promoted by the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity, supports the establishment of either community gardens or school gardens, designed, created, and run by the local communities. Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity is the operational body for the protection of food biodiversity within Slow Food. The garden is used to teach children and youth about local foods and recipes for vegetables and fruits. The school garden serves as an open-air classroom which gives children the tools for improving the quality of life of their families. According to Slow Food, traditional knowledge is an important source of wisdom and the basis of technical and scientific knowledge.
