Changing the Way We Feed the World | Regenerative Agriculture

Regenerative Agriculture is on the rise, and young farmers are leading the way in South Africa. Van Wyk Pretorius, along with his wife Lilané, are pioneers of a new regenerative enterprise in George, South Africa.
Through bio-intensive farming, Van Wyk provides chemical-free vegetables and free range eggs to their local community, with their sights set to get their foot into the grass-fed meat market.
It’s young farmers and families like these that will play a crucial role in establishing new relationships with consumers, and offer a viable alternative to the industrial food market.

[@LittleBigTreeFarm]

Decentralization is definitely the answer. We need to break our reliance on Big Agri asap, for the sake of our planet and our health.

[@slowtraditions]

Couldn't agree more!

[@SimpleEarthSelfReliance]

Extremely true. Farming became a client-to-big-agri and have lost its expertise to the point where farmers have to bring in experts about feeds and seeds and soils. Instead, regenerate by learning, observing and continuously adapting and being your own expert again.

[@5801160052086]

I totally agree about the more smaller farms concept, currently I grow most of the veggies I eat on my small urban stand. So far l have successfully grown garlic, onions, leeks, green beans, peas, tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet red/green peppers, jalapenos, potatoes, sweet potatoes, lettuce, butternut, pumpkin, spinach, basil and a number of herbs. It teaches you to eat what is in season, so you benefit from a varied diet too.

[@JonathanBydendyk]

Great to see a South African moving in the right direction, this is the future of farming. Keep it up

[@sherwoodurbanfarmsouthafri8709]

This is very encouraging to see in RSA! Gives me hope for the future of agriculture in the country. The more such farms the better!

[@OrganicRoot-SA]

Love your work! Hope to visit your farm soon...

[@Carbonbank]

Truly inspirational !!! I wish I could hit the like button 100 times

[@ReflectionsofLife]

Well done guys - beautiful little film - looking forward to many more. Keep it up.

[@wormwood6424]

Cancelled eskom. Brilliant !!

[@barrybr1]

Thank you. Another amazing example of farming regeneratively. The human side is fascinating as well......far more enjoyment in farming and not damaging the environment.

[@titi5664]

I love this. I have just subscribed to your channel hoping for more content like this as a South African ❤️

[@slowtraditions]

Thank you so much! We are hoping to film lots more this year! :D

[@Katapscommunityfarmideas]

I CANT AFFORD TO MISS ANY VIDEO ON THIS CHANNEL. AGRICULTURE IS MY PASSION, MY LOVE AND MY FUTURE. I JUST SUBSCRIBED.

[@EileenMurphy]

Love it guys!! From a small farm in the west of Ireland!

[@slowtraditions]

Thank you so much!

[@allenmachaka4010]

How can one get your contact number,I'm inspired with the way you are doing on your farm would like to learn more

[@10011ado]

Great story, so positive.

[@rialettevanniekerk6738]

We halfway there whoop whoop love it

[@thusokhoeli427]

Inspiring indeed!...I have subscribed and looking forward to more videos and advise from you. Great Vision!👌

[@slowtraditions]

Yeay, thank you! Working on the next one as we speak :D

[@larabartlett3483]

Nice to see the faces behind the produce we buy at our health shop here in George!!

[@davidbartholomew5391]

Love your farm! Very inspiring, learning from someone like you allows dreams to hopefully one day become reality.

[@vishvanderpannu5108]

Congratulations, you have such a beautiful farm

[@krazykirl1129]

❤

[@etiennelouw9244]

Nice, I started my suburban back yard veggie patch in August 2021. There were also no earth worms when I started, now they are increasing. My sandy soil is still quite poor, but it is slowly improving, as I also plant more types of veggies as I gain experience in my growing skills. On top of that I started a very neglected food forest in my front yard. Had some wins and lost some too. Chickens or rabbits, big maybe right now.

[@bengrahamvandersandt2477]

netjies

[@ibra29]

waiting for the next episode

[@ollievw3450]

It’s not about yield,but about profit as Gabe Brown says. 👍 We started a similar enterprise seven months ago in KZN. But we have a lot of catching up to do to your outfit, a lot to strive for.

[@CiprianProrosciuc-wr3ut]

Wonderful, all the best from rural România, we keep pointing out to those that visit us here on the hills that caring for a piece of this beautiful planet is the only sane, responsable, long-term solution, not shifting systems, politics..

[@magnuseriksson5547]

Oh cool! Your egg mobile looks very similar to the design by Richard Perkins on Ridgedale Farm here in Sweden. Is that where you got the design from?

[@slowtraditions]

Yes, they are very inspired by Richard Perkins, as far as I know it is a Perkins design :)

[@raisingkidspositively6698]

This looks so amazing Well done guys

[@hugomeyer]

Stunning, really stunning! Would love to get into something like this myself in future! Thank you (:

[@thepeopleplaceandnaturepod8344]

Amazing and inspiring! I wish you all the best, and I hope there will be much more farms like yours everywhere!

[@cedriccbass-jp8ky]

Good work. Greets from Portugal. Miss my old home S.A. nice to see some positivity back home for a change.

[@Conus426]

Always interesting to watch videos like this. Looking to do the same in my place as well

[@bobburkinshaw9408]

Good for you! I hope that your farm does very well.

[@jacocalitz4069]

Dude ek verstaan presies wat jy sê. En well done met die boerdery. Dit lyk awesome

[@michellekovar5989]

Just plain lovely & authentic. Keep at it guys. Much love from Ridgeview Regenerative Farm xx

[@slowtraditions]

Thanks so much! Maybe we can visit your farm in the future :D

[@raajihappanna955]

Hi well done - very inspirational - please forward details on your accommodation - would love to come experience a working farm

[@slowtraditions]

You can check out the farm's website www.favourfarm.co.za/

[@jasonseekoei5392]

amazing

[@minnoux]

Just wow! May they go from strength to strength 👏🙏

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain

[@michaelmitchell8567]

Amazing!

[@AntJB12345]

Very Inspiring to see!