Baviaanskloof – ReStory

Returning past glory: How the Cape Mountain Zebra returned to the Baviaanskloof

December 13, 2019January 15, 2021 admin Baviaanskloof, Baviaanskloof Hartland Bewarea, landowners, natural capital, private investors, Quagga, Reintroduce

Amidst increasingly challenging environmental and economic conditions, the reintroduction of a herd of Cape mountain zebra brought inspiration to the western Baviaanskloof farming community.

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Breeding resilience amongst all odds

December 13, 2019January 15, 2021 admin arid, Baviaanskloof, degraded, ostrich, regenerative agriculture, restoration, rosemary, spekboom

I have decided that the degradation that took place will not determine my future. The sun is setting on a degraded past and rising to a restorative future. We are the generation that must act; I acted on my farm. This is was able to do with the help of a large number of people, including the Subtropical Thicket Restoration Programme, the restoration unit of Rhodes University, Living Lands, and the Government of South Africa.

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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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