Geospatial food branding

Every bite has
a birthplace.

Kilometer Zero is a certification mark for short-radius food, made in the Western Cape. We measure the distance from the veld, oven or kraal to the shelf — and stamp the exact number on the label.

Certify my produce See how it works

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Trusted by 127 farms & artisans across the Cape.

authentic

km 0

verified, dated, traceable

Worn proudly by

Swartland Meule Karoo Lamb Co. Boerneef Bakkery Hemel-en-Aarde Dairy Riebeek Cellars

three steps

From your plaas to the label.

We turn the geography of your supply chain into a single, honest number that the Cape Town shopper actually understands.

1

Pin your origin

Tell us where each ingredient comes from — your kraal, your mill, your neighbour's orchard. We geo-tag every source.
2

We measure the journey

Our routing engine calculates the real road distance from each origin to the point of sale — not as the crow flies, but as the bakkie drives.
3

Stamp the label

You get the km0 mark — a printable badge, QR code and digital certificate — showing the exact distance, the producer's name, and the harvest date.

A tractor working long rows of crops on a Western Cape farm at golden hour. — photographed in the field
Real products. Real people.
Real distance.

Every km0 number is verified on the ground — not just in a spreadsheet. We walk the rows, weigh the harvest, and drive the road from gate to shelf ourselves.

what we label

Honest food, marked honestly.

Any food whose value lives in the land it came from. Our certification works for raw produce, finished goods, and everything in between.

Meats

Pasture & cure traceable to the paddock.

Bread

From milled grain to crust.

Dairy

Milk, cheese, butter — by the herd.

Produce

Field-stamped vegetables & fruit.

Wine & oil

Press, bottle, vintage — pinned.

the mark

One stamp.
Three honest facts.

Every Kilometer Zero label carries the road distance in km, the producer's name, and the date the food left the farm. Scan the QR to see the route on a map.

Audited annually by an independent partner.
Print-ready in English, Afrikaans & isiXhosa.
Tier system: km0 (≤25km), km0+ (≤100km), km0° (≤300km).

Brood van die dag

Mosbolletjies

Boerneef Bakkery · Stone-baked

just

22 km

FROM VELD

Mill

Swartland Meule

Harvest

12 Mar 2026

Tier

km 0

Scan to see the route, the field photo and the producer's note.

why it matters

Small journeys feed large communities.

The average meal on a Cape Town shelf has travelled over 1,600 km — most of it from Gauteng and the Northern Cape. Kilometer Zero exists to give that number back to the people who grew it, and to the people who pay for it.

A label that says "22 km" keeps a Swartland miller in business, a Philippi farm in operation, an Overberg butcher employed. That's the work.

127

certified producers

Cape districts covered

4,200

products carrying our mark in 2026

growing weekly

meet a producer

Pieter, in Citrusdal.

Pieter, a citrus grower in Citrusdal, holding a crate of freshly-picked oranges in his orchard at sunset.

“Our citrus used to leave the orchard nameless. Now every box carries the kilometres — one-hundred-and-eighty from the Cape Town shelf. Shoppers turn the box over before they buy. That's new.”

Pieter van der Merwe

Citrusdal Orchards · Western Cape

A Citrusdal Orchards harvest worker carrying a haul of oranges.

+ 24 harvest hands

A km0 label means a job in the valley — not a packing line in Joburg.

ready when you are

Put your kilometer on the label.

Certification takes about three weeks. We'll visit your plaas, audit your sources, and ship you printable labels, QR stickers and digital assets. Yearly fee in rand, no hidden costs.

Or write to hello@kilometerzero.co.za · Based in Stellenbosch.

Every bite has a birthplace.