Multi species grazing entails having different species of livestock and even poultry grazing in a pasture at the same time. Grazing on the average smallholding […]
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Read The Latest Magazine Now
The November edition of the SA Smallholder Digital Magazine is now available to read online, or you can download it to read later. Click here […]
How Clever Is Your Chicken?
Most of us usually underestimate chicken intelligence. They are not as clueless or ‘bird-brained’ as people believe them to be. We know that chickens have […]
Running a Successful Farmer’s Market Stall
Running a successful farmer’s market stall requires care and planning. Smallholders want to take advantage of the trend towards markets. Farmer’s markets are becoming more […]
Growing and Using African Wormwood
Artemisia afra, commonly known as African wormwood or wilde-als, is a soft aromatic shrub and is one of the most popular medicinal plants in South […]
Keep a Dog for Security
These days smallholders are quite likely to keep dogs for security purposes. Our surveys tell us that more than 85% of smallholders have at least […]
Ever thought of a Green Funeral?
We like to think that we do our best to tread as lightly as we can upon this earth, but we came across a green […]
How Do You Know You Have Healthy Chicks?
When you are raising chicks, you will need to know what a healthy one looks like to identify if there is something wrong. Observing your […]
Try Your Hand At Growing Groundnuts
Growing groundnuts is done commercially in the Northern Cape, Free State, Limpopo and North West. Resource limited farmers, especially in the northern and eastern parts […]
How to Combat Food Waste
We are told that South Africa generates an estimated 12.6 million tonnes of food waste and loss every year. This amounts to a third of […]