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The scariest document I have read this year – Roundup in chicken manure
Dear Reader The two main issues are first, that by using this manure you could be inadvertently be applying a herbicide to your land and
Shelterbelts. Part of our pasture management system.
Hello dear Reader If you look closely at the above photo, taken in October 2013, you can see a bumble bee in the middle of
The worst agricultural practice.
Every sixth months, in the five years that I have been farming, I meet a smart, driven, talented individual who is doing what they do
Two opposing views of work in the wine cellar. Sulphur and it’s alternatives. Recovering the lost art of agriculture.
Dear Reader This past weekend we had the great privilege of having Nicolas Joly visit Spier as part of the Secret Festival. His 4 hour
Carbon negative beef????? Our beef operation generates carbon credits, which you can now buy.
Dear Reader/Greenhouse Gas Emitter. Unless you eat our beef that comes off the Spier Wine Farm (it is rollermarked SPIERPR), your act of eating beef contributes
Carbon negative beef????? Our beef operation generates carbon credits, which you can now buy.
Dear Reader/Greenhouse Gas Emitter. Unless you eat our beef that comes off the Spier Wine Farm (it is rollermarked SPIERPR), your act of eating beef contributes
My new favourite farm photo
My old school buddy, мальчик Andersson, was down from the high country over the weekend and he got this shot of our hens eating non GMO
My new favourite farm photo
My old school buddy, мальчик Andersson, was down from the high country over the weekend and he got this shot of our hens eating non GMO
The scariest document I have read this year – Roundup in chicken manure
Dear Reader The two main issues are first, that by using this manure you could be inadvertently be applying a herbicide to your land and
Photos of recent activity on the farm, 27 May 2013
All these photos have been taken by the amazing Eva van Niekerk over the last month. Click on her name to get to her website.
Photos of recent activity on the farm, 27 May 2013
All these photos have been taken by the amazing Eva van Niekerk over the last month. Click on her name to get to her website.
Why we have closed our broiler chicken business.
We slaughtered and delivered our last pasture reared chickens last week. Economies of scale are the three words that best encapsulate why we closed. We