Essential oils: a balm for emerging farmers

Essential oils: a balm for emerging farmers By Mike Burgess December 10, 2020 at 10:21 am Qobo Qobo Essential Oils, a non-profit organisation, has teamed up with South African Breweries to establish an essential oil crop venture in the impoverished Keiskammahoek area of the Eastern Cape. The project promises to become self-sustaining within a few …

How to grow healthy food vertically in a small space

How to grow healthy food vertically in a small space By Jeandré van der Walt November 29, 2020 at 10:23 am An innovative vertical growing system makes it possible to grow fresh, healthy produce without owning a plot. James Dick, the inventor of the HiGro Tower Garden System, spoke to Jeandré van der Walt about …

Sugar cane speedlings: the fast-track solution to quality seed cane

Sugar cane speedlings: the fast-track solution to quality seed cane By Lloyd Phillips January 2, 2021 at 10:16 am Conventional stick seed cane, while long relied on as the source of plant material for commercial sugar cane crops, comes with unavoidable inefficiencies. Experts in seed cane propagation explain how the ‘speedlings’ concept provides an alternative, …