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Helping Plants to Fight their Own Battles

Helping Plants to Fight their Own Battles

An article by Sonja Burger. “Steer clear of the ‘there’s a problem – let’s-throw-a-chemical-on-it mentality’,” warns Graeme Sait, Australian expert on high-production sustainable agriculture. Sait, the CEO of Nutri-Tech Solutions in Australia, recently spoke to farmers in Paarl about alternative methods to control disease and pests. In vineyards across

WordPress Aug 24, 2010 • 6 min read
The Other Side of Weeds
Biological Agriculture

The Other Side of Weeds

An article by Sonja Burger. Weeds have suffered from a bad reputation for centuries, and often undeservedly so. Yes, they can reduce crop yields and quality, harbour pests and diseases, taint milk, contaminate wool and poison livestock. But, they are often not given credit for colonizing bare soil and preventing

WordPress Aug 24, 2010 • 6 min read
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