freshproduce
May 16, 2018
Unsafe food containing harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances, causes more than 200 diseases worldwide, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which has also stressed that food safety, nutrition and food security are inextricably linked. Unsafe food leads to disease and malnutrition, particularly affecting infants, young children, the elderly and the sick.
May 8, 2018
Food security and food safety do not feature strongly in the laws, policies, and programmes of most municipalities in South Africa.Where it does, it is mostly concentrated on food production, rather than facilitating access to safe food.
April 24, 2018
In South Africa, most pumpkin varieties are either ‘typical’ runners or compact runners. The latter requires closer spacing than the varieties that produce long runners. In some countries, bush-type varieties are available.The leaf area of these […]
December 29, 2017
The avian flu outbreak – which struck farms nationwide and led to the culling of millions of chickens and other birds – has left KwaZulu-Natal egg producers unable to meet the demand. A North Coast egg […]