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Creating Sitopia: a city built around food | Africanews

In modern cities, we rarely know the full story of what ends up on our plates: where food comes from, how it is produced, and how it affects our environment. In this episode, we’re meeting two women who are working to enhance food security by bringing food to the core of our urban centres.

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