Grond tot Mond

Waar neute beeste troef

“Diversifisering is nie ʼn opsie nie. Dit is ʼn noodsaaklikheid. Ons lewe in ʼn baie wisselvallige besigheidsomgewing waarin daar baie veranderlikes heers. Indien jy dus slegs op een vertakking steun, is die kanse baie goed dat jy een of ander tyd probleme gaan kry. Maar jy moet ook baie goed kyk hoe jy jou vertakkings saamstel, sodat almal nie op dieselfde hulpbronne, dieselfde mark...

Produsent se selfgeboude patent skep 800L biodiesel per week.

Toe diesel te duur raak, het Schenkfontein in 2014 hul eie biodiesel begin maak. Philip het ʼn kursus by Green Diesel in Stikland voltooi, en die plaas het ʼn biodiesel-stelsel van 150 liter gekoop. Met verloop van tyd is dit aangepas om die proses van drie na twee dae te bespoedig. Die stelsel is intussen vervang met ʼn selfgeboude patent wat vandag sowat 800L...

Tot lof van Magenta Stofdonkie

Magenta was nie Hansie Slim se skelm nie. Eerder deeltydse lewensmaat – Hansie het die verhouding as sulks beskou, en nié ter selfverontskuldiging nie (vra enigeen van sy vriende en vyande en hulle sal hom van alle aantygings van owerspel onthef). Magenta was ʼn beminde wat die pad saam met hom in ʼn ewewydige lyn met dié van sy vrou geloop het. En Hansie...

Dancing dragons in Nottingham Road

We learn more about chickens and eggs under the tutelage of the enlightened Andre and Kait Kauerauf of Bramleigh Farm. Andre, a sound engineer turned solar energy expert turned farmer. And Kait, a fine arts and psychology major turned farmer and soon-to-be mother.

PhD student develops valuable quality grading system for honeybush tea

Tea lovers recognise a good cup of honeybush tea when they drink it: It has just the right aroma, colour and taste on the palate. But how do you distinguish a high-quality brew of honeybush tea from a mediocre one? And, how do you describe and quantify the differences between brews in a way that improves quality control in the supply chain, from crop...

Mushroom growers are the definitive recyclers

Mushroom farming is a key component of the agriculture industry as much of the waste products generated in other sectors of the industry are composted into a substrate in which mushrooms are grown.

Soutrib, gansdons en sterre-’n besoek in die Hantam.

Brandkop se kerkbasaar, donsduvets en bergfietsresies lewer ’n vriendelike geselligheid in die Boesmanland. Ons besoek Elizna en Pieter Louw en leer meer van hul unieke benadering tot landbou-toerisme en gemeenskapontwikkeling.

Mikro-plaas met makro-impak

‘n Mikro-boerdery in ʼn area waar water skaars is, lewer skoon, vars blaarslaai op ʼn volhoubare manier, sonder ʼn swaar las op die omgewing.

Waar wynmaak en visvang ontmoet

“Die tuna was in 1979 so volop, vyf dae ná ek en my vrou, Elna, getroud is, is ek vir ses maande diepsee toe. Daar was so baie vis, jy kon daarop loop. Toe maak ek in ses maande genoeg geld om die plaas te koop,” se Piet Dreyer, wat sy wyn Raka vernoem het na sy geliefde boot waarmee hy vir dertig jaar...

Checkers partners with Farmer Angus to support black regenerative agriculture.

In a recent drive to upskill and empower his farmworkers, regenerative livestock farmer, Angus McIntosh, of Farmer Angus on the Spier Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, sold 85% of his egg business (51% black women owned) to some of his former employees. This has made them instant business managers and shareholders. As one of South Africa’s largest retailers, Checkers offers the new owners the opportunity...