The Good Life Show: Shaping a better future with its Partners

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The Good Life Show announces a stellar line-up of supporting partners committed to promoting sustainable practices, healthier, more conscious living, and small businesses. Now, in its 5th year, The Good Life Show is the leading event of its kind, highlighting food, beverages, and conscious living and the latest trends shaping our future. Adding even more dynamism to the show, these partners not only endorse the event’s importance and relevance, but they also reflect how the plant-based, natural, and organic industries are fast-evolving. The wellness sector experiences consistent global growth, and the plant-based market is forecast to be worth a massive $13 billion by 2026, and these partnerships reflect how The Good Life Show is hitting the mark and giving visitors what they want.

The Good Life Show supporting partners are:

Supporting Organic Agriculture / Organic Certification

§ KIWA: A trusted global provider of certification, inspection, testing, training, and consultancy services. Through its comprehensive range of offerings, Kiwa ensures confidence in its customers’ products, services, processes, management systems, and employees.

§ SAOSO: South African Organic Sector Organisation: SAOSO is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting and developing the organic agriculture sector within the country.

§ BDAASA: The Biodynamic Agricultural Association of Southern Africa promotes and supports farming and gardening using Biodynamic principles and practices to produce healthy food in harmony with nature.

Food, Hospitality and Sustainability

§ THE CHEFS’ MANIFESTO: A chef-led project bringing together 1600+ chefs from over 95 countries, to explore how they can take actions to deliver a sustainable food system. The Action Plan is tied to the United Nations Sustainable Goals, containing practical actions chefs can take, through targeted advocacy, campaigns, content-sharing, story-telling and more, to drive action under eight thematic areas.

§ FEDHASA: The Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa has been at the heart of Southern Africa’s hospitality sector for over 70 years and, as the umbrella body for accommodation, conferencing, catering and food and beverage establishments, is committed to building a strong and sustainable industry for all.

§ SA CHEFS’ ASSOCIATION: A non-profit industry body, founded 50 years ago that represents the interests of chefs, cooks, and caterers at all levels, with a focus on skills development, the celebration of culinary professionals and transforming the industry.

§ RASA: The Restaurant Association of South Africa has been serving restaurants for nearly 20 years and is an established voice that speaks on behalf of restaurateurs and promotes all that is best in practice, sustainability and upliftment for independent restaurants, eateries, and food establishments nationally.

§ WASTE -ED: Waste-ED develops zero waste management (waste to resource) systems with schools, communities, businesses, events etc.

Health & Wellness / Certification

§ BEAUTY WITHOUT CRUELTY: Beauty Without Cruelty is an animal rights organisation that has been advocating for animal rights in South Africa for nearly 50 years. It highlights and opposes animal testing while promoting products that are manufactured humanely.

§ DIABETES SOUTH AFRICA: Diabetes South Africa is a non-profit, public benefit organisation founded in 1969 committed to reducing the impact of Diabetes in South Africa, through awareness, advocacy, education and support. Our aim is to empower all those affected by diabetes to avoid serious health complications and live long healthy lives.

§ HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH AFRICA: The Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa (HSFSA) plays a leading role in the fight against preventable heart disease and stroke, with the aim of seeing fewer people in South Africa suffer premature deaths and disabilities.

§ PAN SOUTH AFRICA: Physicians Association for Nutrition: PAN South Africa collaborates intensely with national partners and has set up highly successful university groups to educate future health practitioners. This includes on-campus learning and activities to raise awareness and share health science, which is highly welcomed in South Africa and beyond.

The leader of PAN South Africa, Dr. Nanine Wyma is also leading PAN’s global transformation to increase global impact and networking.

· PLANT-BASED TREATY: The Plant Based Treaty is a grassroots global movement that puts food systems at the heart of combatting the climate crisis. The Treaty aims to halt the widespread degradation of critical ecosystems caused by animal agriculture and promote a shift to more healthy, sustainable plant-based diets.

Ethical & Religious Food Standards

§ KCSA: Kosher Certified South Africa is a community supported initiative and as such has values that are based on integrity, transparency, commitment of service and accountability to the community whom they serve. KCSA takes pride in ensuring optimum levels of compliance to the halachic standards of kashrus.

§ SANHA: The South African National Halaal Authority is an international, non-profit organisation certifying Halaal food and products in South Africa.

§ HRC: The Halal Research Council is a global organisation focused on Halal certifications to meet the needs of food and nutrition agencies, as well as non-food agencies, particularly within the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector.

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The Good Life Show is the premier event designed to inspire, educate, and entertain. It brings together the latest innovations shaping the future of food, beverage, and lifestyle industries, offering a unique opportunity for all visitors to network with peers, uncover new business prospects, and experience premium, interactive events. Attendees will enjoy exclusive networking sessions and live demonstrations by top chefs and mixologists, showcasing the future of gastronomy. Whether you are looking for inspiration in conscious living or aiming to stay ahead in a dynamic market, this event is essential and not to be missed.