Join the Virtual Farmers Lab 9 April 2021 at 1300 until 1430 on Facebook

Dear Friends of iZindaba Zokudla Please click the link below to attend the iZindaba Zokudla Virtual Farmers’ Lab on the 9th of April at 1300 until 1430.

We will be hosting Tookie Sekgobela from Gung Boerdery in Zuurbekom. Tookie is an organic farmer and trainer and a successful farmers in her own right. Her training academy is in Zuurbekom and is AgriSeta acredited. Caroline McCann from Slow Food Southern Africa will discuss how to start a chicken farm with no money! We will also host Mr Godfrey Leshage a farmer and agricultural consultant and official at the Johannesburg Fresh Produce market. The aim of this Farmers Lab is to understand how to start and thrive as a chicken farmer using basic regenerative and small-scale methods.

Tookie Sekgobela from Gung Boerdery in Zuurbekom. She has many years of experience as an organic farmer and in mentoring new farmers.

Caroline McCann pioneered the trade of ethically-raised meat in South Africa and is currently a consultant for emerging farmers. She is also the representative of Slow Food Southern Africa and in the Lab on Friday she will be talking about how to start chicken farming without any money. Farmers often acquire the wrong hardware from suppliers and Caroline will show us how to avoid such mistakes.

Mr Godfrey Leshage is a farmer and agricultural consultant who believes chicken farming at home could be the means to stop hunger. He is also an official at the Johannesburg Fresh Produce Market and he has many years of experience in farming chickens. He has information on how the Fresh Produce Market works. He can offer good advice for emerging chicken farmers and how to farm chickens at home.

Please join us and please click the link!: https://web.facebook.com/events/224562999452494