Tag: ginger

Farmers, here’s how to grow your own ginger!

by Dona Van Eeden

24th January 2021

With the recent surge in ginger prices, you might be wondering how you can supply your own ginger in times like these! Ginger is a tropical plant, and it’s fairly ...

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

by Staff Reporter

17th July 2020

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 for many “solutions” that may be ...

Key data from the February 2022 Household Affordability Index shows that the average cost of the household food basket decreased by R45,33 (-1%), from R4 401,02 in January 2022 to R4 355,70 in February 2022. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

Not all superfoods are super-expensive

by Staff Reporter

2nd July 2019

The superfoods craze never seems to end, with hemp, cassava flour, seaweed and tiger nuts trending as this year's top superfoods. Finding goji berries in specialist health stores may be ...

Siphiwe Sithole runs African Marmalade, an organic farming enterprise based in Krugersdorp in Gauteng’s West Rand.

How Siphiwe became a praise singer for African foods

by Faeez Van Doorsen

25th March 2019

As a young girl, Siphiwe Sithole dreamed of being a singer. Images of gracing the international stages of the world, her gift for song had occupied her young heart until ...

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