It is impossible to describe how exciting it is that Joel Salatin is coming to do two workshops on our farm early next year. He is the reason that I am farming. I have already started practicing deep breathing so that I can be calm
The success of the PJ Vadas Pasteis de Nata, which use our egg yolks, has meant that we have lots of egg whites to move. Fortunately there are lots of gym bunnies and meringue fans who love egg whites. Not sure how many gym bunnies
Mark has been responsible for many good things in my life. Having fun with our family, love of food, fabulous wine, hunting, reloading ammunition, charcuterie etc etc. He was the one who pushed me into starting my own butchery. This was whilst he was running
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
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
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
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
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
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,
South Africa’s poor are currently bearing the brunt of meat legislation that just doesn’t exist. Furthermore, in a continuation of anti-poor legislation that has become the hallmark of this government, new legislation coming into effect next year will reduce the protein content of these so-called
