Nicole Precoudis en haar ouers het hul uiters suksesvolle restaurant in Johannesburg agterweë gelaat om appelboere te word. Kosmaak is in hul bloed en kort voor lank het hulle ‘n kosskuur en naweekmarkie op hul plaas. Danksy die gewildheid van hul bevrore sappe, verkoop hulle vandag die Terra Madre produkreeks aanlyn.
Fritz Schoon het die afgelope dekade verskeie bakkerye en cafés geopen. Na ʼn uitdagende fase wou Fritz en sy vrou, Chanelle, hul sakemodel herdefinieer en vandag vlieg SCHOON brode en gebak landwyd van rakke af.
“This Houthoop-business led me to change my entire perspective of our farm,” says Willem. “When I first arrived here, I farmed on my own. I spent a lot of time on the road ferrying the sheep between summer and winter pastures in the Boesmanland. With the success of Veronica’s meals, it all became too much. We worked late almost every night and Veronica had to do everything by herself. It was worth the effort, but I had to be here to help. I decided to sell the Boesmanland property to my brother; now we farm together.”
Gewoonlik ry ek bloot verby. Ek moes seker een of ander tyd by Boschendal gaan wyn proe het, maar die herinnering het vervorm in ‘n vae gevoel van onwilligheid om links óf regs te kyk wanneer ek Pniel verlaat. My aannames was goed wyd van die merk – Boschendal was jare al ‘n voorloper op byna elke landbou-faset.
At Groenkol approximately 250 tonnes of rooibos is harvested annually in an eight-year crop rotational system. Willem Engelbrecht explains how the rotational system works. In the first year the rooibos is planted and in the second year it is cut at knee height. In year three to five the tea plants are harvested.
Gesogte Wagyu uit die wynland. Hulle wou eintlik net ‘n paar lekker steaks hê en toe’t hulle ewe skielik ‘n Wagyu-kudde op hande, vertel Pieter Rossouw, wingerdboukundige by Ken Forrester Wines. Ken, Pieter en vier vennote is mede-eienaars van Cape Wagyu, produsente van ‘n groot reeks Wagyu-beesvleissnitte.
“Proe hoe proe ‘n regte perske,” sê Dewald as hy in die bakkie terugklim. Ons wip-wip verder op die ongelyke grondpad terwyl Carlen vertel van haar nuwe CRF250 motorfiets wat ‘n keer onder haar uitgespring het. Dan wys sy ons waar ‘n swartwildebees eerder die geselskap van twee volstruise as sy eie rasgenote verkies.
Schalk van Rooyen, natural scientist and technical consultant for Laeveld Agrochem in the field of botanical extractions, says microgreens and in general most young plants, have more nutritional value than their full-grown vegetable equivalent.
Pioniers van die groentebedryf. Dew Crisp is een van Suid-Afrika se grootste verskaffers van vars slaai en groente. Lees meer oor hoe hulle bybly met voorraad aan van die grootste kettingwinkels.
A friend told me telephonically how to make wine. Then, with only 1200 litres of wine, I became the Shiraz champion of the region. And silver in SA. It was an upset,” Joan. ”In 2009 I was the first small cellar that won gold.
