October 2019 – ReStory

How Sericea Lespedeza came to South Africa

October 12, 2019January 15, 2021 admin acidic soil, legume, pastures, poor soil, Sericea Lespedeza, shallow soil

ReStory narrator: Willie Nel During August 1982, three men (including John Fair) and I went on a tour of cultivated

Heal the land, heal the people: the contribution of cattle

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 admin

Heal the land, heal the people: the contribution of cattle Talk by James Blignaut delivered at the Grassfed Association of

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Nqumile Sugarcane Production – success in Pongola

October 11, 2019January 15, 2021 admin biological methods, compost tea, Pongola, soil correction, soil life, sugar cane

ReStory narrator: Ernst Höll In 2002, when I had to replant a six-year-old sugar cane land, I started thinking about

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Wisdom of the Ages

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 admin

Two weeks ago the man who some describe as a founding father of Regenerative Agriculture was in South Africa giving a number of Master Classes. It was a privilege to sit for two days and listen to a man who has a global following but doesn’t want to be guru; who has enormous experience but admits he doesn’t know all the answers; who doesn’t believe that his way is the only way, but who does want to share his experience; who shared his belief of how farming should be a marriage with nature, approached as one approaches a responsive lover, not as a warrior engages with an enemy.

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