This week’s events include a livestock auction, the 2024 Large Herds Conference, the Food For Mzansi Gather to Grow on Instagram Live, the Berries ZA Symposium, and the Mowbray Market. To include your event in the calendar, please email info@foodformzansi.co.za.
Wassup Mzansi!
Let’s get ready for this cool week ahead and start things off with a livestock auction in Gauteng, followed by the 2024 South African Large Herds Conference in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, we have our usual date on Instagram Live for the Food For Mzansi Gather to Grow session, followed by the Berries ZA Annual Symposium on Thursday in Cape Town.
We close this week off with a bang by saving the date for the Mowbray Farmers Market happening on Saturday in Cape Town.
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Monday, 27 May
Devon Livestock Sale
All types of livestock welcome!
Conditions of sale:
- Only card, cash, or immediate electronic payments day of sale
- 1% Handling fee on cash/card payments.
- Electronic transfer facilities.
- Fica documentation with the registration process. All goods will be sold at a reserve price and the right exists to bid by or on behalf of the owner or auctioneer.
Time: 11:00
Venue: Devon Auction Complex
Click here for more information.
Tuesday, 28 May
2024 South African Large Herds Conference
The SA Large Herds Conference takes a holistic approach to dairy farming, concentrating on issues peculiar to the large herds operator.
Topics such as systems management, strategies for change, sustainability and resilience, operations management, market trends, environmental and technological trends, finance and taxation, human resource management, motivation and lifestyle are addressed. The conference is for the progressive dairy farmer serious about their business.
Time: 15:00
Venue: Sun International Boardwalk Hotel, Gqeberha
For more information contact lorraine@mpo.co.za.
Wednesday, 29 May
Join #GatherToGrow on Instagram Live
Are you an aspiring farmer looking for more information on how to get into the agricultural sector? Do you have a smartphone and an Instagram account? Join us every Wednesday at 18:00 for Food For Mzansi’s #GatherToGrow.
This week’s topic is to recap on the 2024 Young Farmers Indaba.
Follow @foodformzansi and tune in on Wednesday at 18:00.
Thursday, 30 May
Berries ZA Technical and Trade Symposium
With “Quality” as the overarching theme, they are focused on improving and optimising their entire value chain, with the collective goal of producing, Good, Better, Blueberries.
On Day 1, attendees will dive into the data of their various research projects at Berries ZA, which will assist them in developing future-proof methodologies. In addition, other technical experts will share the podium and engage in relevant trends.
Day 2 will shift the focus to trade as they explore industry trends and the various influences that affect their trade. Keynote presentations will push the boundaries of our understanding.
Time: 09:00
Venue: Ashanti Estate, Western Cape
Click here for more information.
Friday, 31 May
Mowbray Farmers Market 2024
Every first Saturday of the month, small-scale farmers, producers, and artisans gather outside of Gordon’s Gym in Mowbray to sell their locally grown produce, homemade foods, and handmade goods at the Mowbray Market.
This new addition to the market landscape in Cape Town was first launched in December 2022 by the Trust for Community Outreach and Education (TCOE) together with rural movements such as the Rural Women’s Assembly in South Africa, Mawubuye Land Rights Forum and the Inyanda Land Rights Movement.
Time: 10:00
Venue: 9 Hill Park Lane, Mowbray, Cape Town
For more information contact agriculture@tcoe.org.za.
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