Urban Food Flows

Cape Town

Production

Food Quantity (kg/cap)
WHEAT 7.1
WINE GRAPES 7.0
CARROTS 4.0
WHEAT 3.0
WINE GRAPES 2.8
CABBAGE 2.5
APPLES 1.6
CARROTS 1.6
PEARS 1.5
LETTUCE 1.3
CANOLA 1.0
CABBAGE 1.0
SPINACH 0.7
LEMONS 0.7
APPLES 0.6
CAULIFLOWER 0.6
BEETROOT 0.6
PEARS 0.6
OLIVES 0.5
MAIZE 0.5
LETTUCE 0.5
GUAVAS 0.5
PLUMS 0.5
CANOLA 0.4
TOMATO 0.3
BROCCOLI 0.3
SPINACH 0.3
LEMONS 0.3
CAULIFLOWER 0.2
BEETROOT 0.2
MAIZE 0.2
OLIVES 0.2
GUAVAS 0.2
POMEGRANATES 0.2
PLUMS 0.2
TABLE GRAPES 0.2
POTATOES 0.1
TOMATO 0.1
BROCCOLI 0.1
BUTTERNUT 0.1
PUMPKIN 0.1
CELERY 0.1
POMEGRANATES 0.1
CUCUMBER 0.1
TABLE GRAPES 0.1
BARLEY 0.0
LUPINES 0.0
BUTTERNUT 0.0
POTATOES 0.0
PUMPKIN 0.0
CELERY 0.0
CUCUMBER 0.0
WHEAT 0.0
GREEN BEANS 0.0
BARLEY 0.0
BABY MARROW 0.0
LUPINES 0.0
BLUEBERRIES 0.0
GREEN BEANS 0.0
WATERMELLONS 0.0
SPRING ONIONS 0.0
WHEAT 0.0
TOMATO 0.0
BABY MARROW 0.0
BLUEBERRIES 0.0
WATERMELLONS 0.0
SPRING ONIONS 0.0
RADISH 0.0
TOMATO 0.0
GEMSQUASH 0.0
TRITICALE 0.0
BRUSSEL SPROUTS 0.0
PECAN 0.0
RADISH 0.0
TRITICALE 0.0
PECAN 0.0
GEMSQUASH 0.0
MACADAMIA 0.0
BRUSSEL SPROUTS 0.0
MACADAMIA 0.0
FIGS 0.0
ONIONS 0.0
ONIONS 0.0
MUSHROOMS 0.0
LUPINES 0.0
BABY MARROW 0.0
LETTUCE 0.0
BEETROOT 0.0
GREEN BEANS 0.0
BROCCOLI 0.0
BRUSSEL SPROUTS 0.0
GEMSQUASH 0.0
BUTTERNUT 0.0
CABBAGE 0.0
CUCUMBER 0.0
CARROTS 0.0
CHILLIES 0.0
CAULIFLOWER 0.0
CHILLIES 0.0
CELERY 0.0
CHILLIES 0.0
CHILLIES 0.0
CUCUMBER 0.0
CELERY 0.0
GEMSQUASH 0.0
CAULIFLOWER 0.0
GREEN BEANS 0.0
CARROTS 0.0
LETTUCE 0.0
MUSHROOMS 0.0
ONIONS 0.0
SWEETCORN 0.0
PEPPERS 0.0
PEPPERS 0.0
CABBAGE 0.0
POTATOES 0.0
BUTTERNUT 0.0
PUMPKIN 0.0
RADISH 0.0
SWEET POTATO 0.0
SWEET POTATO 0.0
BRUSSEL SPROUTS 0.0
SPINACH 0.0
SPRING ONIONS 0.0
SWEETCORN 0.0
SWEETCORN 0.0
BROCCOLI 0.0
BEETROOT 0.0
BABY MARROW 0.0
LUPINES 0.0
LIMES 0.0
TRITICALE 0.0
MAIZE 0.0
CANOLA 0.0
BARLEY 0.0
FIGS 0.0
MELONS 0.0
ALMONDS 0.0
ONIONS 0.0
SWEETCORN 0.0
LIMES 0.0
SPRING ONIONS 0.0
SPINACH 0.0
SWEET POTATO 0.0
SWEET POTATO 0.0
RADISH 0.0
MELONS 0.0
PUMPKIN 0.0
ALMONDS 0.0
POTATOES 0.0
BARLEY 0.0
PEPPERS 0.0
CANOLA 0.0
MAIZE 0.0
PEPPERS 0.0
TRITICALE 0.0
Total

Imports

Consumption

Food supply

What enters the food supply? Based on available data on imports and production

What leaves the food supply? Based on available data on consumption, loss, and exports

This software is made available under an open source license. All code can be viewed on github.
The data on this website comes from a number of different sources, all of which are documented in the master spreadsheet for each city.
To view all data sources for Cape Town, download the master spreadsheet here.