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Great growth is possible if small-scale farmers are taken seriously.
BEN COUSINS

Small-scale farmers should be at the centre of land reform in South Africa

South Africa’s land reform programme will fail if it continues to neglect smallholder farming

  • Ben Cousins
5 min read
About 15 Motherwell residents have formed a co-operative to farm pigs.
GROUNDUP

Urban pig co-operative needs land to stay in business

15 Port Elizabeth residents are farming, but they want to keep their piglets safe from traffic and dirty water.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
GARDENING

A home gardening programme that creates ‘patches of salvation’ with waste

Soil for Life Home Food Gardening Programme — Runner-up: Community Conservation Award

  • Emma Jordan
2 min read