Community Supported Agriculture: Cape Town’s Winter ’09 organic box project
A CSA is a "partnership between an agricultural or artisan producer and a group of consumers. The consumers sponsor the production of a specific crop or product at the beginning of the CSA, and during the season, the producer responds with frequent reports on that crop’s development and growth, and the consumers can visit the producer to learn more about how crop is grown, and even help with the harvest." more
In search of small producers and artisan cheesemakers at the SA Cheese Festival 2009
The 2009 SA Cheese Festival was on this weekend (24-27 April) and I went along on the first day (a... more
A new organic market for Cape Town: Mielie Market @ Montebello
The Mother City has a new organic market: the Mielie Food Garden Organic Market. The venue: Montebello Design Centre, 31 Newlands... more
Feast on local organic produce at the Cape Farmhouse’s first Full Moon Banquet
Oh my... I know it's probably because it's almost lunch time, and I'm already primed for drooling by the hungry rumblings... more
Wednesday evening talks at Ariston Organic Garden (Claremont)
The Ariston Elemental Organic Gardening Project is a wonderful private gardening project on the go in Claremont. What was vacant, basically... more
‘Meet the Farmer’ Saturdays at Wild
Ever since I started seeking out organic farm produce a couple of years back (pretty much when I started Mother... more
How to be a part of Cape Town’s new CSA (Community Sponsored Agriculture) organic box scheme.
Back in October 2008, I wrote about Community Sponsored Agriculture (CSA) organic box schemes, and the possibility that we might... more
Splendiferous (organic) treats at the all-new Kassia & Figg in Kalk Bay
Kalk Bay just gets better and better... I already love going to this 'bohemian' seaside village for the funky little shops... more
Gardens Organic Saturday Market
Well, well, well... another organic market looks set to tantalise local Capetonian tastebuds - this time the venue of choice... more
Here comes the weekend! What’s on in and around the Mother City (03 October ’08)
My, but there's a busy weekend ahead... So much to choose from, and only so many hours in a day.... more
Would you make use of an organic vegetable garden allotment?
These days, more and more people are considering growing their own vegetables. There's no substitute for freshly picked garden produce... more
Why the new Shared Earth Magazine is precisely my cup of tea…
I don't read a lot of magazines. Most of them are, in my opinion, a hellish waste of the vast... more
Getting my organic fix at Starke Ayres’ “farmstall in the city”
Unusually, last Saturday came and went without my usual amble from market to market, and I didn't stock up on... more
Wild Organic Foods opens their ‘wild trading store’ this weekend
A new source of things organic! The guys from Wild Organic Foods emailed me to let me know about the... more
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