forestvale photo update

below is 1)silage making from sweet sorgum,roots are cut off and the stock chopped and ensiliged..2)at home making bamboo step ladder ..3)Forthare university,serious in animal traction.4)Tarirai and Farmers weekly photo journalist Greg at Miles' Brahman show in kei mouth.5)open polunated varieties of maize and beans that have a record yield in mexico.

Organic Certification

Today BCODA Organic Certifier Gary Atherstone visited the farm to assess the fields and gardens for Organic Certification. This process will cost R2500 per year and the expense could be reduced if certification is applied for as a cooperative.
Gary also mentioned that the cost to properly fence and install irrigation for two ha of organic gardens was about R100,000.