Archive for April 2020
See you on the other side……of lockdown
Some advice for small businesses On the 23rd March 2020, a 21-day lockdown was imposed on all South Africans from the 27th March until the 16th April 2020 allowing only essential service businesses to trade during this time. The next 3 days saw business owners and employees scrambling to make arrangements to, where possible, work from…
Read MoreTo bee or not to bee
There are numerous factors that influence the recommended pollination tariff which are bound to differ in terms of importance as well as relevance depending on the nature of the individual beekeeping businesses. However, the cost of pollination does not just include the costs of picking up beehives, loading them on a bakkie, driving to the…
Read MoreA sticker that indicates whether cold-chain food products have gone bad
Can we tell with the naked eye if any cold-chain food products that we have received have gone bad? A cold-chain safety sticker was developed, which indicates whether any cold-chain food products, such as fish, meat, and fruits and vegetables, have spoiled. This cold-chain safety sticker creates an image on it when exposed to room…
Read MoreThe impact of Crop Pests on Food Security
Crop production and animal production probably provide 90% of the world human population’s food needs. Very few people on earth live as hunter-gatherers (maybe those who do are the lucky ones) while the rest of us rely on agriculture to supply our food. Food crops are very sophisticated biological entities with high yield potential under…
Read MoreBoer van die Maand: Ernst Stofberg
Ons kuier vandeesmaand by die boer van die maand: Ernst Stofberg van Dwarsberg Plaas en Dwarsberg Trout Hideaway, Louwshoek, Rawsonville in die Wes-Kaap. Dwarsberg Plaas is in 1975 aangekoop deur Ernst se pa, Ernst Gabriel Stofberg. Die plaas het toe slegs ‘n paar droëland appelkoos en perske boorde gehad wat destyds gedroog is vir die…
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