Join Slow Food on a visit to Solms Delta’s Indigenous Food Garden
Next weekend Slow Food Cape Town and Slow Food Mother City are off to visit the indigenous food garden at Solms Delta near Franschhoek. more
Win tickets to the SA Cheese Festival 2010
Hooray, I get to give tickets away to one of my favourite food festivals in the country. Tickets normally cost R110, but between now and the 21st of April, ten readers stand the chance to win a ticket to this awesome cheesy feast. more
What’s natural and organic at the SA Cheese Festival 2010
Bright green wasabi-flavoured goats cheese, juicy organic olives, oh-so creamy cheeses made from the milk of grass-fed cows - clear your diaries everyone, the SA Cheese Festival is coming! more
Sunny Side Up! A visit to Spier’s Biodynamic Farm
Remember that old Farmer Brown ad: 'They taste so good, 'cause they eat so good'? It turns out that a diet of grubs, grass, grain, fresh air and sunshine makes the tastiest chickens of all. On 6 March 2010 a group of Slow Fooders visited Spier to learn more about their biodynamic farming methods. more
Wellington Wine Harvest Festival 2010
In celebration of its variety, quiet beauty, wholesome treasures and good old fashioned Boland hospitality, Wellington will be welcoming visitors from far and wide during the 4th Wellington Harvest Festival from 20-22 March 2010. more
Backsberg biodiversity walk, picnic and wine-tasting
Backsberg Winery is a place I've visited several times - first to find out what they've been doing to earn... more
Spier’s Festival of White Lights
So love the sound of this festival... and Spier at this time of year is superb in the evenings. On the 4th of December, Spier wine estate will celebrate the festive season with a dazzling display of light and a diverse collection of artistic performances. more
Moddergat Farm Market
Moddergat Organic Farm holds a weekly Saturday morning organic market from 8am-1pm. To find out more, contact Dawn or Johann My... more
2009 National Park Week: free entry for all SA citizens
In celebration of 2009's National Park Week (I had no idea there was such a thing), SANParks has announced that all South Africans will have free access to national parks for one week running from 14-20 September. more
Vyge Valley Farmers Market
The Vyge Valley Farmstall on the Cape West Coast road will be hosting a monthly fresh produce market with some delicious-sounding treats in store for passers-by... gourmet mushrooms, home-made preserves and cheeses and just-baked farm bread, to name a few. more
Winter Specials: Diemersfontein Winter Weekend Breakaway
It’s winter specials time in Cape Town and, for the next few months, in addition to listing them on a... more
Nitida Market slips into winter gear
Every month, rain or shine, the lovely Nitida Wine Estate in the Durbanville Wine Valley hosts the Nitida Degustazione -... more
Unconventional and innovative: Backsberg’s blueprint for green management
Recently, I was invited, along with a number of other 'green' journos and bloggers, to Backsberg Estate near Paarl to see... 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
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