March 2020 – ReStory

Nepo SA: The restoration dream continues… to become a reality

March 2, 2020January 15, 2021 admin conservation agriculture, food facilitation, Growing Nations Trust, maize, Nepo, networking, non-GM, Pure Pap, soya

ReStory narrator: Jaap Knot Nepo SA is a start-up company run by myself and my wife as a closed corporation.

Land and food

Restoring a dream: the journey of a smallholder into regenerative farming – Part 1

March 2, 2020January 15, 2021 admin conservation agriculture, Lesotho, maize, non-GM, regenerative agriculture, smallholder, soya

ReStory narrator: Jaap Knot, Ladybrand I am an agriculturist facilitating the implementation of Conservation Agriculture (CA). It is relatively easy

Economic

Hebron Mango Tree Growers

March 2, 2020January 15, 2021 admin community development, food security, funding, Hebron, livelihoods, mangoes, small-scale farmers

ReStory Narrator: Precious Chauke Cooperative background Hebron Mango Tree Growers is a cooperative based in Hebron, in the North West

General

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.

General