Gauteng Smallholder August 2016 | Page 10

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Network helps you sell your produce

The Walkerville Farm Produce Network ( WFPN ) was founded in February as a collaborative initiative to serve as a supportive inclusive network for growers , producers , informal and established suppliers , clients and consumers of fresh farm produce , agricultural services and home industries in the Midvaal area of Gauteng . Its objectives include : ❑ Supporting and encouraging the community to make efficient , productive and sustainable use of available space on their smallholdings . ❑ Identifying and sharing business opportunities among small-scale growers and

bonnet basking in the morning sunshine and the odd chicken perched here and there upon its quietly decaying bodywork . Its restoration was a bite too far , but Rowan kept the Princess , perhaps looking
From page 7 are all committed pigeon men . Billy M . Pretoria Firstly , this letter has been edited to remove comments I deemed unnecessarily rude to our correspondent . Secondly , I happen to know of non-denominational producers , and end-user buyers . ❑ Providing a product and service offering platform
forward to the time when , during his retirement , he would at last begin work on that mighty project . Our condolences to Christine and the family , and thank you for telling the maplotter world outside of Walker ' s Fruit
wedding and funeral celebrants , both here and overseas , who refuse to allow the release of birds at their ceremonies precisely because of their concerns that they cannot guarantee that the providers of such birds are ethical in their training of homing instincts . Thirdly , racing pigeons or through which consumers are able to source directly from the WFPN ' s members .

MAILBAG : ROWAN ROBERTS

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MAILBAG : PIGEONS

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Farms about Rowan , just one of the many beloved and esteemed characters we are privileged to call friends here in the deep , deep South . Sarah Clark Walker ' s Fruit Farms
homing pigeons ( and the multimillion rand industry that they involve ) are a completely different kettle of fish ( mixed metaphor intended ) to a flock of nondescript white doves released from a box at a wedding or a funeral for the amusement or comfort of the attendants . ~ Editor
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