Butshabelo is a smallholder farmer in Limpopo and is a graduate of the 17 Shaft Training Centre in Agroecology and Leadership Course, and an alumni of the IFOAM Organic Leadership Course and IFOAM’s Training of Teams of Trainers (TOTOT) program.

Butshabelo is passionate about agroecological practices that feed the nation with nutritious and healthy food. Her mantra is: “Let us save our Mother Earth for the Seventh Generation.”