Few conventional farmers make the link between what they produce and the health & wellbeing of the general population; while even less in the general population directly attribute the nutrient density and contaminants in the food they eat with how they look and feel. A 2004 US study found that important nutrients in vegetable [...]
At some point on your journey to producing food without poison you must take a leap of faith and be prepared that things may get worse before they get better. The common misnomer is that organic production is just the absence of chemicals. But, if you take a system that is reliant on chemicals and [...]
Kandanga Farm Store is delighted to have been asked to be the venue for the first 2 days of the Enlightened Agriculture conference of 2021. Enlightened Agriculture is now in its fifth year and was formed with its ideals supporting and developing the skills to enhance management and productivity in agriculture. The focus being, the [...]
Come and join Gabby for an educational morning exploring edible and medicinal weeds at Kandanga Farm Store.
In every part of life disruptive technologies are changing the way things are done. From communicating to match-making, finding a place to stay or finding a house to buy to getting around and shopping, the “Third Industrial Revolution” is indeed upon us. Consumers want more The food industry has successfully traded ecological biodiversity for brand [...]
Last year at the inaugural AgVention field day, I had the privilege of chairing a panel discussion on the topic ‘Farming with Integrity’. We discussed what it meant, what were the implications of a lack of integrity in farming systems and how that ultimately impacts consumers. My guests were the exceptions rather than the rule [...]
Do you believe in climate change? No-one cares. Do I believe in climate change? It's irrelevant. Everyone has an opinion on it but while we argue with each about whether its real or not we are very conveniently NOT talking about what we really need to be talking about: how do we live in this [...]
