We have been fortunate to work with Robin (the badass on the left in the white shirt) and JohnRae (the cool dude designer on the right) who work for UVP Veltopak. They have been making special cardboard boxes for us. The latest iteration being the Beef in the box project. Photos below. Their service is […]
For the convenience of our ice cream and bakery clients we now pack the yolks and whites into 5 litre boxes as well as the 1 litre. Eggs that are too small to fit into boxes go into liquid eggs. The above is specially for our clients who like to gym and want to enjoy […]
Eggs Benedict – Recipe for 2 Ingredients Hollandaise Sauce 1 T white wine vinegar 3 Farmer Angus egg yolks 1 T water 200g Butter Sprinkle of cayenne pepper (optional) Salt to taste 4 poached Farmer Angus eggs 250g Farmer Angus bacon 4 slices Vadas Bakery sourdough bread Method To make the Hollandaise sauce: […]
This is no joke. Today is a massive day for us. The start of a black owned regenerative agriculture business. The picture above is of the shareholders and directors of Farmer Angus Eggs (FAE). One of the great tragedies of the new South Africa is that the government is not, to put it mildly, […]
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 […]
