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Abalimi Bezekhaya, the non-profit urban agriculture organisation, has a far and wide reach. They’re responsible for ‘greening’ much of Khayelitsha and Philippi, as well as enabling residents to grow vegetables for themselves and their families. Any excess produce is bought for the Harvest of Hope weekly vegetable boxes. It’s an incredible set-up, one that has changed the lives of many

James Moffett, of Moffett Milling Company, is a man like no other, starting a movement like no other. Quiet, soft spoken, and gentle, he could be considered an unlikely revolutionary in the organic food discussion. Organic food is going through a confused renaissance at the moment, on the one side of the spectrum it is lauded and celebrated, while on the other it is brushed off as superfluous and unnecessarily expensive.

Reliance, the leading organic compost provider in the Western Cape, and shareholder in Okran 38 (Pty) Ltd are excited to have received the green light for the R250 million Waste to Energy project at Corona Farm in the Paarl region. All appeals against the project have been dismissed by authorities, giving the final go-ahead to the first of its kind project

Gin. It’s a dividing spirit, you either love it or hate it. It’s known for being wildly popular in the UK, with Winston Churchill going as a far as to say “the gin and tonic has saved more Englishmen’s lives and minds, than all the doctors in the Empire.” In South Africa, we’re not that gin-crazy yet, but with the trend growing as quickly as it is, it shouldn’t be too long before we are

Someone once said “gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes”, and words have never rung truer than for our friends at Greenpop, the

Nineteen floors up in the sky is an unlikely place to find a flourishing herb garden, but one actually does exist atop The Westin Cape

Passion is a very funny thing. It can wake you up before sunrise and have you walking through a forest, rustling through damp leaves looking for mushrooms, before most people have even left the house. Justin Williams personifies passion, specifically about foraging for mushrooms. And while he’s not trained in a ‘went-to-university-and-got-a-degree-in-mycology’ sort of way

Every wine estate or farm has its way of doing things – there are family secrets, generational improvements and modern discoveries that all have a part in achieving the ultimate goal – making the very best wine possible.

Every afternoon, Anna Shevel used to take a stroll along the Seapoint Promenade. One day, she noticed a little flowerbed emerging in what was previously a derelict patch of land. Two homeless men were tending to it – clearly they had adopted this land as their own. With each passing day Anna watched as the flowerbed began to flourish into a little garden

Over the past month, I have been on an extraordinary adventure. I have discovered how the indigenous plants that flourish on and around Table Mountain­­­­ hold an array of preventative and curative properties geared exclusively at human physiology. I have had herbs inserted into my ears and aromatherapy oils massaged into my feet

Eddie Redelinghuys, the Founder of Reliance Compost is a passionate man. He believes in creating a sustainable environment where all living organisms and beings, both above and below the ground, can flourish and feed populations of the future. And taking care of our soils is the source of his passion

When the Urban Hunter Gatherer invited me on a forage and feasting experience, I found myself feeling rather apprehensive. Not only because I had never heard of the sea creatures he was mentioning, but also because I had only ever been warned not to eat strange foods off trees and beaches and fields