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GERD: 10 acid-friendly foods for chronic reflux

Noluthando Ngcakani -
What goes up, must come down, but what goes down should not always come back up - especially when we're talking about stomach acid...
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Lifestyle

Home food garden: What to plant in March

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Yes, we know, organic vegetable gardening in your own home food garden is an activity that can be challenging. But it is really the...
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African Food

Amadumbe: 5 tips for growing this African vegetable

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Of all indigenous crops in existence, he is caught in a love affair with the potato of the tropics, amadumbe, confesses Qinisani Qwabe, farmer...
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Entrepreneurs

How a Zim refugee became a top vegan restaurateur

Duncan Masiwa -
Raised by his parents and grandparents, who were all farmers, Elisha Madzivadondo decided a long time ago that he too would follow in the...
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Healthy Food

Vegetarian Valentine: A no-fuss meatless menu

Dané Vermeulen -
Valentine's Day! We tend to spend a little more on a special gift or order some expensive dish at a restaurant. Or, if you...
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Food & Health

McPlant: New vegan burger to hit Mickey D’s soon

Staff Reporter -
Picture this: bae grabbed some Mickey D’s on the way home from work. You’re famished and take the first bite, only to realise that...
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Lifestyle

Veggie garden: What to plant in February

Noluthando Ngcakani -
It is ten years later, and you still have not followed through on that resolution to plant the veggies you have been ranting and...
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Food & Health

Covid-19: Nature-based ‘solutions’ can boost immune systems

Staff Reporter -
While South Africa continues to log new daily records in covid-19 infections, a natural scientist and agricultural expert urges people to turn to nature...
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African Food

‘If we ignore ancestors’ foods, we become someone else’

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Africa is filled with “super foods” that have been used as sustenance and medicine by generations across history, believes Mpho Tshukudu, a Johannesburg-born registered...
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Food Trends

5 reasons to eat fresh and local, if you can

Siyabonga Mngoma -
A lot seems uncertain at the moment. With the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic in South Africa there are so many questions. Will we...
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Nobuntu Makhoa, this week's Corteva Agriscience SoilSista, started her farming education when her father turned her childhood home into an informal dairy. Now she continues his legacy. Photo: Supplied
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SoilSistas: How Makhoa answered the call of the land

Dona Van Eeden -
This week on Food For Mzansi’s #SoilSistas campaign, we meet Nobuntu Makhoa, founder of Ba ha Makhoa. Powered by Corteva Agriscience, we’re highlighting some...
When feeding cattle in winter, communal farmer Thabo Cele uses a high-quality Voermol supplement to help fill the energy gap while helping his cows get the most out of existing forage. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi
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How to keep your cattle healthy (and happy!) this winter

Nicole Ludolph -
As a communal farmer near the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands town of Ixopo, Thabo Cele understands his responsibility in helping his cattle get through winter in...
Mpumalanga Agri has called on police to thoroughly investigate the killing of a 58-year-old farmer. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi
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Mpumalanga reels after ‘illegal hunters’ kill farmer

Lucinda Dordley -
A 58-year-old farmer was found dead near Amersfoort in Mpumalanga. He may have died at the hands of individuals who were unlawfully hunting with...
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest export and second highest import costs in the world, argues Antonie Delport, the head of Syngenta South Africa. Photo: Radka Stankova/Shutterstock
Food for Thought

What SA agriculture needs from international trade

Staff Reporter -
The agriculture sector is not only crucial for ensuring food security, but also the main source of African livelihoods. Yet, despite its potential, the...
With tobacco being a stain on Malawi’s otherwise booming agricultural sector, the country is now looking to cannabis cultivation. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi
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Cannabis boom could turn around Malawi economy

Staff Reporter -
Malawi might soon switch to high-growth crops like cannabis, confirmed the country’s president, Lazarus Chakwera. This, after its leading foreign exchange earner, tobacco, was...

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