From brewery waste to spinach: SAB shines with Imifino

Oct 27, 2021

Just like the cartoon, hero and sailor man Popeye saved his beloved Olive Oyl with a healthy dose of spinach, so too is South African Breweries (SAB) providing economic salvation to a local start-up business near its Ibhayi Brewery in the Eastern Cape through this...

Youth turn Soweto dumping site into food garden

Jan 22, 2021

Armed with a mere 40-square-meter plot and a passion for service, Johannesburg youth are lightening the load of pensioners with their food garden in Orlando West, Soweto. Their little garden called Izwelethu project, grows lush and green on what was previously known...

Podcast: Young, bright and making waves in agriculture

Dec 14, 2020

In this week’s Farmer’s Inside Track episode (our second last one for 2020!) we’re connecting with a young agripreneur from Queenstown in the Eastern Cape, Masimbonge Vuma. Young, bright and making waves in agriculture, this 23-year old runs a mixed farming enterprise...

Female farmer from Khayelitsha goes viral with fresh spinach

Jul 29, 2020

Female farmer from Khayelitsha goes viral with fresh spinach in Agro-ecology, Blog, Covid-19, Food, Food security, Food Systems, Smallholder Farmers, Vegetables A female farmer from Khayelitsha made headlines recently after advertising her fresh spinach on social...