Vanessa Black

Thursday, 26th November, 2009 // Kwazulu Natal
Contact PersonVanessa Black
Physical Address
Postal AddressPO Box 701369,
Overport,
4067
Cell Number082 472 8844
Phones Number+27 (0)31 205 1369
Fax
Emailblack@ispace.co.za
Website
Number of Employees/Volunteers
Have you completed your PDC? If yes, where, when and who were the facilitators?Yes, with John Wilson at Thlolego in 1996.
Have you practiced permaculture or sustainable organic agriculture for more than 2 years? If yes, what have you done and where?Yes, indirectly been involved in training and community projects eg. Greenhouse Project at Joubert Park and in Soweto household gardens. Various trainings at Wildrocke farm.
Are you a member of PELUM? If yes, since when?No - saving up to join.
Have you practiced Holistic Resource Management? If yes, since when, where and by whom were you trained?
Are you part of a schools food program that practices sustainable organic agriculture?
Have you completed the integrated land use design (ILUD) course under SCOPE or ReSCOPE? If yes, when and who was your facilitator?
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:
How long has the farm / project been in operation?
What is the size (m2, acres or hectares) of land that is under cultivation?
What crops do you predominantly grow and what seeds do you have to share/exchange/sell?
What are your water sources?
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
Additional InformationEnjoy doing illustrations/info materials; can assist with design related training; Info & training on problems with GMO's.
Relevant training received:Course: Bachelor of Architecture at WITS - 6 years from 1995. John Jeavons - 2 weeks in 2009.

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KAITE

Monday, 9th November, 2009 // Harare

Contact PersonDominikus Collenberg
Physical Address22 Inverary Rd
Pomona-Borrowdale
Harare
Zimbabwe
Postal Address22 Inverary Rd
Pomona-Borrowdale
Harare
Zimbabwe
Cell NumberTel: +263 4 88 53 51
Phones NumberTel: +49 2324 280408
FaxFax: +49 3212 1067749
EmailInfo@KAITE.biz
Skype: KAITE-Initiative
Websitewww.KAITE.biz
Number of Employees/VolunteersWe work with 2000 farmers.
Have you completed your PDC? If yes, where, when and who were the facilitators?
Have you practiced permaculture or sustainable organic agriculture for more than 2 years? If yes, what have you done and where?
Are you a member of PELUM? If yes, since when?
Have you practiced Holistic Resource Management? If yes, since when, where and by whom were you trained?
Are you part of a schools food program that practices sustainable organic agriculture?
Have you completed the integrated land use design (ILUD) course under SCOPE or ReSCOPE? If yes, when and who was your facilitator?
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:KAITE is the only organisation which conducts certified Organic cultivation with small scale farmers in Zimbabwe.
How long has the farm / project been in operation?
What is the size (m2, acres or hectares) of land that is under cultivation?1000 ha
What crops do you predominantly grow and what seeds do you have to share/exchange/sell?Chilli, Birds Eye Chilli, Artemisia afra, Artemisia annua, Bambara nut, Baobab, Basil, Bay Leaves, Butternut, Cabbage, Camomille, Camphor bush, Cardamon, Carraway, Carrot, Chives, Creeping Thyme, Citronella, Coriander, Cornflower, Cowpeas, Cucumber, Cumin, Curry Plant, Dill, Drumhead, Elder flowers, Eucalyptus, Evening Primrose, Fennel, Fenugreek, Garlic, Geranium, Ginger, Gota kula, Granadilla, Groundnut, Bambara, Herbs mixed, Kigelia (Sausage tree), Lavender, Leafy vegetables, Lemon balm, Lemon verbena, Lemongrass, Lemon Thyme, Lemon verbena, Lettuce, Linseed, Lippia Javanica, Maize, Marjoram, Millet, Mint, Mushroom, Mustard, Nappia grass, Okra, Onion, Oregano, Paprika Coarse, Parsley, Pea, Peanuts, Peas, Pineapple Sage , Poppy, Potato, Pumpkin, Rape, Rapoco, Resurrection plant, Rice, Rose, Rosella, Rose Geranium, Rosemary, Roundnut, Rye, Sage, Pineapple, Sesame, Sorghum, Soybean, Spanish Flag, Spearmint, Spices, Stinging nettle, Strawberry, Strophantus, Sugar cane, Sugar loaf, Sugar reeds, Sugarbean, Sunflower, Sunhemp, Sweet potatoes, Tagette, Tarragon, Tea Tree, Thyme, Thyme lemon, Tobacco, Tomato, Tumeric, Wheat, Wormwood
What are your water sources?
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
Additional Information

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Emerald Acres Trading CC

Monday, 9th November, 2009 // Kwazulu Natal

Contact PersonAnnemarie Wenning
Physical AddressFrischgewaagd 189, Paulpietersburg 3180
Postal AddressP.O. Box 22,Paulpietersburg 3180
Cell Number+27 0824950405
Phones Numbernone
Fax+270865504626
Emailemeraldacres@lantic.net
Website
Number of Employees/Volunteers70 seasonal, 25 permanent, 5 members
Have you completed your PDC? If yes, where, when and who were the facilitators?
Have you practiced permaculture or sustainable organic agriculture for more than 2 years? If yes, what have you done and where?
Are you a member of PELUM? If yes, since when?
Have you practiced Holistic Resource Management? If yes, since when, where and by whom were you trained?
Are you part of a schools food program that practices sustainable organic agriculture?
Have you completed the integrated land use design (ILUD) course under SCOPE or ReSCOPE? If yes, when and who was your facilitator?
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:We are certified organic as well as global gap, and NOP. We farm organic, make our own compost,use a Sandberberger Turner, imported from Holland. We have our own wormery.We apply our own worm castings to our citrus trees, and also make and use our own worm tee. We use microorganisms which we multiply ourselves and apply by spraying, and using via our irrigation system.
How long has the farm / project been in operation?Since 2000.
What is the size (m2, acres or hectares) of land that is under cultivation?37 hectares citrus, 8 hectares geranium, yarrow, spearmint. 40 hectares lemonscented tea tree 5 hectares Maleleuka
What crops do you predominantly grow and what seeds do you have to share/exchange/sell?citrus, essential oils. we do not have any seed.
What are your water sources?fountain and bore hole supplies 3 dams
Do you keep animals? If yes, what and how many of each?120 cattle
What appropriate/ low cost /sustainable /low energy technologies do you use and or demonstrate?none yet
Do you have a training facilityNo
Additional InformationWe export our organic citrus, distill and sell our own oil, use our own compost and worm castings,use microorganisms with more sucess every year, and do not mind sharing any information that somebody might need.

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Abalimi Bezekhaya (Farmers of Home)

Monday, 9th November, 2009 // Western Cape

Contact PersonRob Small
Physical AddressCwango Cresent, (Cnr New Eisleben Rd and Lansdowne Rd, behind Shoprite Centre) Philippi, 7785
Postal AddressP.O Box 44 Observatory, 7935, Cape Town, South Africa
Cell Number
Phones NumberPh/Fax :021-371 1653
FaxPh/Fax :021-371 1653
Email info@abalimi.org.za
Websitewww.abalimi.org.za
Number of Employees/Volunteers13 full-time staff members, about 3000 farmers
Have you completed your PDC? If yes, where, when and who were the facilitators?
Have you practiced permaculture or sustainable organic agriculture for more than 2 years? If yes, what have you done and where?The organisation has been going since 1991 in and around Cape Town. Projects include:ABALIMI runs two non-profit nursery projects in Nyanga and Khayelitsha. Community Gardens on council land and on school grounds. Household Survival and Subsistence Gardens. Community Greening projects.
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?Abalimi trains people in ILUD
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:We are an urban agriculture (UA) and environmental action (EA) association operating in the socio-economically neglected townships of Khayelitsha, Nyanga and surrounding areas on the Cape Flats near Cape Town, South Africa. We assist individuals, groups and community based organisations to initiate and maintain permanent organic food growing and nature conservation projects as the basis for sustainable lifestyles, self-help job creation, poverty alleviation and environmental renewal. Provide resource support by supplying low cost agricultural and horticultural inputs to the community from the People's Garden Centres. Surplus marketing project: identifies and sells on a weekly basis surplus produce from subsistence gardens (produce which cannot be easily sold inside the townships) to the wider market outside.
How long has the farm / project been in operation?18 years.
What is the size (m2, acres or hectares) of land that is under cultivation?100m2 to 500m2 per farmer, therefore approx 300-1500acres in total
What crops do you predominantly grow and what seeds do you have to share/exchange/sell?
What are your water sources?
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 facilityYes. Training offered:
1.Basic Agriculture Course over 4 days with up to two seasons follow-up, for survival and subsistence levels. This training is our most important training, to launch new farmers to overcome food insecurity and obtain seasonal extra income from local informal sales. It is not accredited (too much trouble for too few credits) but is well respected in the communities we serve.
2.AgriPlanner: takes place over 8 days, in modules, for those who are developing more consistent agri-business skills in the transition from subsistence into livelihood (semi-commercial) which helps them to connect to the wider formal market via our Harvest of Hope initiative. This course is accredited via the SAIE www.entrepreneurship.co.za .
3.Ongoing mentorship and on-site technical support and follow-up ad-hoc training , permanently, to all our projects. Some of our courses we offer are:
Additional InformationWe also offer the following:
* Organic vegetable gardening courses (these promote the deep trench system, a below-ground composing technique, enabling the soil to hold water and the gardener to plant crops immediately above).
* Horticulture
* Courses for caretakers
* ILUD (integrated land use design) workshops

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dreaming creek organic farm

Monday, 9th November, 2009 // Kwazulu Natal

Contact Personderek & linda martin
Physical Addresscaversham road lidgetton
Postal Addressp o box 1 lidgetton 3270
Cell Number0824456606
0829403839
Phones Number
Fax086 671 8297
Emailderek@dreamingcreek.co.za
Websitewww.dreamingcreek.co.za
Number of Employees/Volunteers15
Have you completed your PDC? If yes, where, when and who were the facilitators?na
Have you practiced permaculture or sustainable organic agriculture for more than 2 years? If yes, what have you done and where?yes farmed lidgetton
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?yes
2004
self
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:we farm herbs and vegetables using organic principles and bio dynamic practice as applicable
How long has the farm / project been in operation?4 years
What is the size (m2, acres or hectares) of land that is under cultivation?84ha, 40 under irrigation, 42 nature conservation
What crops do you predominantly grow and what seeds do you have to share/exchange/sell?herbs: medicinal and culinary. vegetables
What are your water sources?Lions River and borehole
Do you keep animals? If yes, what and how many of each?chickens 300, horses 6, donkeys 2, heifers 3
What appropriate/ low cost /sustainable /low energy technologies do you use and or demonstrate?we have built a rammed earth home and are working on the donkeys .... it is our intention to install ram pumps on the river as well as solar panels on the bore hole ....last ones were taken by some one with greater need
Do you have a training facilityNo
Additional Information

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