An epidemic outbreak of Rabbit Haemmorhagic Disease (RHD, sometimes called RVHD) is sweeping though Gauteng, infecting and killing both domesticated and wild rabbits and hares. […]
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Sell Surplus Veg on This New Facebook Page – And It’s FREE!
In a move that will prove a boon to small producers a new initiative named Farm to Fork Living SA aims to bring growers and […]
Minister meets retailers over bird flu egg shortage
Count yourself lucky if you have a few laying hens providing for your family’s egg needs. Because in case you haven’t noticed, there’s a shortage […]
Make your compost quickly, easily and simply
Here are some tips to help you make compost quickly, easily and simply. Any smallholding, unless it’s a complete jungle, will generate more than enough […]
World Rabies Day casts focus on Animal Diseases in SA
With today being designated World Rabies Day there is good reason to focus on the current state of this and other animal diseases in South […]
How to Make Pickled Onions
What do smallholders do when given a bag of baby onions? We pickle them of course! Pickling onions has to be among the quickest, easiest […]
Are these Seven Livestock Breeds Suitable for Your Smallholding?
Ease of care, cost of nutrition, housing and finally usage are just some of the factors which affect the suitability of various livestock breeds on […]
Limpopo Gets Foot & Mouth Disease Campaign
Concern about continued cases of Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) being diagnosed in Limpopo has prompted the national and provincial departments of agriculture to embark […]
Tsenza, or Wild Potato
Africa is host to a huge number of nutritionally dense traditional and ancient crops. These include orphan crops and unusual speciality food-plants for smallholder production. […]
Grow Food, Make a Difference
COMMENT – Pushed a trolley round a supermarket recently? Were you not struck by how much, and how fast, prices of even ordinary groceries, fruit […]