Farming with the Family

02/09/2021

It’s officially Spring today and even though there is still some chilly weather around, the trees are budding, Spring crops are being planted and it’s an exciting month for farmers!
🌼🌺🌻🌸🏵️

Today is also the beginning of which is dedicated to raising awareness about food and farming.

Why celebrate organic agriculture? Because it helps to:
🦉 Protect biodiversity and wildlife
🌱 Grow topsoil and prevent erosion
💧 Protect water health
🚫 Reduce pesticide exposure to humans and the environment
🥕 Provide high quality, nutritious, healthy food for the consumer
👨‍🌾 Encourage localisation where consumers purchase from local farmers

Be a part of the celebration by:
💚 Buying organic produce
💚 Supporting your local organic, PGS- assured farmers
💚 Supporting your organic retailers
💚 Start growing your own organic herbs and vegetables
💚 Giving gratitude to mother Earth for sustaining us

23/07/2021

Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) serve small producers and their customers. They are born out of a shared need from the farmers to sell their surplus and provide consumers with organic assurance 🍅🥕🍋💚🌍

PGS’s are unique as they require collaboration and build a foundation of trust, social networks and knowledge exchange 🤗

16/07/2021

Look how beautiful our farm is this morning 💚💚💚 Also very cold

16/07/2021

Playing your part in reducing carbon footprint by supporting organic local farmers: We should all be doing our bit to more eco-friendly. If you buy local, your food isn’t travelling long distances to get to you. In that way you are promoting better air quality and minimizing pollution. You’ll also notice that, because local food producers don’t have to vacuum pack and double-seal their good to ensure it ‘stays fresh’ in transit, unnecessary packaging doesn’t even factor in.

Content taken from the Faithful To Nature website.

15/07/2021

PGS and food security
There are indications that PGSs can significantly contribute to reducing food insecurity and improving food sovereignty and nutrition, especially among farmers and consumers in rural areas, thus supporting organic farming as a strategy for achieving multiple
Sustainable Development Goals. Accordingly, they have been described as a pro-poor development tool.

Content taken from the Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture I’m South Africa.

12/07/2021

We LOVE when our customers share what they make with our produce with us! Yum Sweet and Sour Beetroot Salad

08/07/2021

Afternoon walks

02/07/2021

Supporting local farmers businesses leads to:

- You keep money in your local economy
- You celebrate the uniqueness of your community
- You support local jobs
- You help the environment
- You invest in entrepreneurship
- You make your community a destination

01/07/2021

A few years ago we would never have thought we’d be where we are today, growing not only for ourselves and for our home market, but also for others like Munching Mongoose . Thank you to The Munching Mongoose for supporting small organic farmers like us! Thank you for coming to visit your farm.

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30/06/2021

Whopper sweet potato weighing over 2kgs!

25/06/2021

Eight reasons to support local organic farmers:

1. Greater nutritional value in produce
2. Support for local economy
3. Promotion of biodiversity
4. Strengthening of community
5. Less environmental contaminants
6. Reduction of carbon footprint
7. Improvement in food security
8. Safer food supply



Content taken from the One Green Planet website.