00:00According to the United Nations, 10.3 million metric tons of food is wasted in South Africa annually,
00:06much of it ending up in landfills and worsening the country's environmental issues.
00:11Now a restaurant in South Africa is trying to make a change for a better sustainability for the future.
00:18Food style at Fane is a mix of South African ingredients, ingredients that's true to the area,
00:24whether it's our seafood, our game, our vegetables, that we cook and execute with a Japanese twist,
00:32using techniques that Japanese cuisine will use.
00:36This Fane restaurant is one of the sustainable businesses in South Africa,
00:41gaining global recognition for its eco-friendly approach.
00:46Indigens are, you know, they're water-wise, they're delicious, they grow like mad in this environment,
00:52and that they're not eaten by pests and, like, baboons and pests and, like, insects and even humans.
01:02They're a great source of vitamins and nutrients.
01:05At Fane in Cape Town, attention to detail extends beyond the food to every aspect of the business.
01:12What we do is to distribute cooler boxes with ice to the fishes,
01:17and that creates the opportunity for the fish to be in a better quality.
01:23And I think because we address the quality issue,
01:26it becomes like a product that the restaurants can offer to their customers.
01:32Another source of ingredients for Fane restaurant is seafood delivered regularly by non-profit organizations,
01:39Abanobi Fish.
01:40Abanobi works with small-scale fishermen and provide data which verifies local catches.
01:46The company also aims to build market for more resilient fish stocks such as the Abadant Cape Brim.
01:52Food waste is the number one problem for restaurants and food and beverage businesses.
01:59So we will help them to separate that out at source and then find solutions for it.
02:03So we're here at Evidently Green, where Fane restaurant's food waste comes
02:08so that it can be composted and turned into, valorized into a valuable product.
02:14The restaurant is the first in Africa to earn the Sustainable Restaurant Association's top rating,
02:20three stars for its food made good standard.
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