Condolences to the family of the first victim in South Africa. These are my personal views, not those of any of my colleagues on the farm nor of my landlord, Spier. There are many reasons why this a terrible mistake. The government has condemned our women to an increase in domestic violence against them. South […]
Meat scientist Dr Francois Mellett has been the lone voice pointing out the major issues with Dr Aaron Motsoaledi abandoning his duties in May of 2019. The result of Dr Aaron recusing himself is that since then South Africa has been the only country in the world without legislation defining what meat is. The result […]
Eating only steak is an exercise in waste. Around 12% of the beef carcass is steak. I wrote this piece 5 years ago about the wastefulness of fillet eaters. On Friday we launched a product that takes care of this waste. You can now buy a representation of a whole animal in a box. What […]
In no way, am I trying to be insensitive to the deaths of 7,000 people from Coronavirus in the last 3 months but as Tamara Pearson points out in this superb article that we have completely lost the context of real epidemics that go on all around us every day. Treatment of women, the trashing […]
Masala Beef Shin Curry Ingredients: (feeds 8) 1.5 kg Farmer Angus deboned beef shin (cut in 2-inch cubes) 2 white onion, sliced 5 garlic cloves, minced 1 tbsp chopped fresh ginger 1 cup crushed tomatoes 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves 10 x fresh curry leaves 1/4 cup fresh coriander, chopped 2 x large potatoes cut […]
Big Danie farms near Reitz in the Free State and he is going against the family grain and most of his neighbours by farming regeneratively. I met him via grazing guru Johann Zietsman whose very informative website is here. There is a great video on CNN and article here about Danie. He thinks he is […]
We have plenty of products that will keep your hounds in supreme condition. We have 4 at home and they are bouncy and have shiny coats all year round. I feed them a mixture of these products. Starting top and going clockwise. Hydrolyzed bovine collagen, beef and chicken bone broth, pets mince, dried liver treats […]
I have know Matt since he studied with my brother (the only man you need to go to if you need a nose job) Over the years he has been amazing at helping our family with various orthopaedic ailments. He also supports our regenerative agriculture product by buying our nutrient dense meat and eggs for […]
I hope that one day my knowledge of farming will be as deep as his knowledge of the subjects that he writes about in this trilogy. What I do know is that I will never attempt to be a writer as it is when you read McCarthy you realise what it takes to write a […]
Beef and feta meatballs Ingredients: 500g Farmer Angus beef mince 4 garlic cloves – minced 2 tbs finely chopped parsley 1 tbs fresh thyme ½ tsp ground coriander ½ tsp finely chopped fresh coriander 100g feta Salt and black pepper 50ml Rozendal vinegar 1l Farmer Angus bone broth Method: Place all the ingredients in a […]
