FMD Response SA calls for urgent clarity on South Africa’s Foot-and-mouth disease vaccination targets as the current stated rollout approach will fail to stop the disease unless it is aligned with the biological realities of the disease. 

Regenerative agriculture is a way of farming that improves biodiversity and promotes soil health.

 Major US ingredient suppliers are building on successful partnerships and forging new ones as they scale up their regenerative agriculture programs to meet demand from bakers and food manufacturers.

With a focus on working with nature rather than against it, regenerative agriculture has the aim of healing ecosystems while producing crops that are nutrient dense (and full of flavour) – qualities that are especially important for the country’s booming restaurant industry and the chefs driving its success.

Regenerative agriculture not only matches the productivity requirements of traditional agriculture; according to some metrics, it often exceeds them.

As consumers grow more curious about where their food comes from, a new buzzword takes root in American agriculture: regenerative.

South African open-field producers know that soil does not stand still. It changes after every crop, every fertiliser programme, every irrigation cycle and every season of unusual weather. After a wet season, that change can become even more pronounced.