| Contact Person | Wendy Booyens |
|---|---|
| Physical Address | Withoek Farm, Rouxpos Road, Laingsburg |
| Postal Address | P. O. Box 161, Laingsburg, 6900 |
| Cell Number | |
| Phones Number | (023) 581 5181 |
| Fax | 086 671 8297 |
| wendyb@lifematterstrading.co.za | |
| Website | |
| Number of Employees/Volunteers | 2 |
| Have you completed your PDC? If yes, where, when and who were the facilitators? | Yes. Berg-en-Dal Ecovillage, Ladimsith, Cape. Facilitated by Kent Cooper and Alex Kruger. |
| Have you practiced permaculture or sustainable organic agriculture for more than 2 years? If yes, what have you done and where? | Still in 2 year incubation period. Established permaculture food garden, chicken tractor, etc. |
| Are you a member of PELUM? If yes, since when? | No |
| Have you practiced Holistic Resource Management? If yes, since when, where and by whom were you trained? | No |
| Are you part of a schools food program that practices sustainable organic agriculture? | No |
| Have you completed the integrated land use design (ILUD) course under SCOPE or ReSCOPE? If yes, when and who was your facilitator? | No |
| Details of project / farm / organization Indicate the approach that you or your organization promotes in sustainable organic agriculture and supply a brief description of what your project / work / farm entails: | Farming with organic lucerne as a cash crop. No pesticides, herbicides etc used. Permaculture veg garden and fruit tress for own use at present. Will be expanding on these to supplement income from lucerne. Future plans include harnessing wind and solar power, rehabilitation and appropriate use of watershed on mountainside, raising organic livestock for meat and wool, organic egg production, farm kitchen to sell produce, etc. Would also like to run courses in natural building, organic planting, yoga retreats, etc in future. |
| How long has the farm / project been in operation? | Almost 2 years |
| What is the size (m2, acres or hectares) of land that is under cultivation? | About 6 Ha. |
| What crops do you predominantly grow and what seeds do you have to share/exchange/sell? | Am still experimenting with seeds, will have P seeds in future. |
| What are your water sources? | Mountain stream |
| Do you keep animals? If yes, what and how many of each? | |
| What appropriate/ low cost /sustainable /low energy technologies do you use and or demonstrate? | |
| Do you have a training facility | No |
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