Learn to grow
Your Own Food
A course inspired by the amazing work of Tim Sikyea to raising awareness of people about the importance of Mother Earth for our survival and of the future generations.
Have you ever thought about growing your own food?
This is a short course to help you get started!
Inspired by the amazing work of Tim Sikyea, we decided to do our part to help more people connect to mother earth.
When you grow your own food you grow your awareness of how vital this planet is for our survival and in the process become more conscious of the choices we make around what we buy and use.
Just about everyone can start a small farm: whether you live in a tiny cottage or on a small plot of land. And it doesn't even require funds if you use a little ingenuity.
A small farm means being able to grow your own food and connect to this wonderful planet we live in.
When you grow your own food you grow your awareness of how vital this planet is for our survival and in the process become more conscious of the choices we make around what we buy and use.
Just about everyone can start a small farm: whether you live in a tiny cottage or on a small plot of land. And it doesn't even require funds if you use a little ingenuity.
A small farm means being able to grow your own food and connect to this wonderful planet we live in.
Course curriculum
an overview of all the lessons including free previews
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Welcome to your "How to start your farming business" course!
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About your instructor: years of on-the-ground experience at your disposal
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Your farming business plan
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Deciding what you are going to farm
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The production systems on your farm
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Farm waste: the hidden opportunity all around you
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Understanding energy systems and how you can make them work for you
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Understanding water and turning it to your advantage
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Selling what you produce
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Creating a business plan
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Why your vision and mission matters!
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Your operations
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Your production systems
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Your financial systems
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Your enterprise
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The circular enterprise: why knowing that it is can increase turnover and reduce costs
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What is a circular enterprise?
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The opportunity that is right in front of you
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Traceability and why it matters more than you think
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Marketing and distribution
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Biological processes: a primer
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Fundamentals of farming design
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A message to farmers
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A message to those who think they don't have much
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About this course
- Free
- 24 lessons
- 1 hour of video content
Your Instructor
Dr Naudé Malan has helped thousands of people become farmers!
Senior Lecturer Dr Naudé Malan
Dr. Naudé Malan is Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the University of Johannesburg. He is the convener of the multi-stakeholder engagement project Izindaba Zokudla that aims to create opportunities for urban agriculture in a sustainable food system in Soweto. The project engages with and links urban farmers, entrepreneurs, academics, civil servants and other stakeholders and aims at participatory technology and enterprise development.
Naudé has published on the South African social welfare system, agriculture and human rights and recently has developed social methodologies for agricultural development, institutional innovation and technology design for urban and small-farmers. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for African Studies at Cambridge University.
He has taught in the Faculties of Humanities, Art, Design and Architecture, Law and Engineering at the University of Johannesburg.
iZindaba Zokudla: Innovation in the Soweto Food System
https://www.facebook.com/IzindabaZokudla/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naude_Malan https://johannesburg.academia.edu/NaudeMalan
Naudé has published on the South African social welfare system, agriculture and human rights and recently has developed social methodologies for agricultural development, institutional innovation and technology design for urban and small-farmers. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for African Studies at Cambridge University.
He has taught in the Faculties of Humanities, Art, Design and Architecture, Law and Engineering at the University of Johannesburg.
iZindaba Zokudla: Innovation in the Soweto Food System
https://www.facebook.com/IzindabaZokudla/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naude_Malan https://johannesburg.academia.edu/NaudeMalan