In the climate change debate, some policymakers seem to be bovine flatulence deniers. This became apparent in the fuss over the United States' Green New Deal put forward by some liberal Democrats. More precisely, the fuss over an information sheet by the plan's advocates. With tongue in cheek or foot in mouth, depending on whom you ask, the statement's authors said that … [Read more...]
Book Review: Mila’s Meals
It’s not often that you have the luxury of stumbling upon a wholesome, nourishing cookbook for ‘littlies’, that covers everything from weaning to toddler-hood. Perhaps if you’ve been hanging around all the right places most of the time, a little surprise like this ends up on your lap that leaves a delightful sparkle in your eyes. Having read this well researched book from … [Read more...]
Traceability a major need for SA’s meat
A dairy cow’s fall in the back of a truck in the Overberg last week, puts focus yet again on the dire need in South Africa for traceability from farm to fork. Marina, an export fruit farmer from Grabouw, told Animal Voice’s Louise van der Merwe that her journey along the N2 on Wednesday last week, developed into a distressing effort to help a cow that had fallen in the truck … [Read more...]
Afrikara co-op launch
On Sunday the 4th of July, a group of customers, suppliers, friends and interested parties celebrated the official launch of Afrikara Co-op, a new style consumer-producer association. The founding of Afrikara was spearheaded by Aletta Venter, Francois and Henriette Malan, Gustav van der Merwe, Liesl Haasbroek and Louis le Roex, all of them passionate supporters of a new … [Read more...]
