down to read one. and if there are, let's see plantation policy and lama says such market gardens could be a fruitful source of income for more families around here. that's the case. she worked for several years in italy. he saved up some money, came home and began farming so well. come up against the machine. i'm assuming he started with eroni barry's 5 years ago. before branching out his venture is proving to be a success. in july, his product was certified as organic by an agency in germany. and that's something he's very proud of. the field is going to be, i'm going to bought off the film, but i don't use fertilizer. everything is just the same as up in the mountains. the bacteria and the soil, the humans, because they make the plant strong cache doesn't need to do any marketing.

customers come to him to buy his produce. he's been experimenting with a number of crops and red love apples, for example, a very recent call to buy with red flesh resistant to disease. hopefully, camille, how much goes on me. it has been mia and go g barry's from china. base right here to print is actually also sells cuttings to those who want to emulate him. mostly on lama would love to see others do precisely that. he collaborates with local foresters, veterinarians, and agronomist. they advise small hold farmers in the mountains, for example, on how to get a bank loan patches. livestock was set up a market garden, the car up, correct. nic nature park is a lovely place to hike. but visitors are few and far between because of the pandemic loved ones and travel restrictions,

the people and flocks who live here on pretty much alone. i'm re feeder is a shepherd. he has a hard time making a living. but unlike many of his contemporaries who go abroad, he wants to stay mostly on lama often comes up here to the mountain pastures to talk to the local and find out what problems they face and help work on solutions. and they say it's getting harder and harder to find places for their flocks to graze the numbers of the see be decreasing every year. and the, let's see, the frogs have taken over the bus or land the bus or area which is the main problem that they are losing. seeing if you can part of the bus. it's a vicious circle. amory family spends the summer months up in the mountains.

they spend the winter down in the village. emery's mother doesn't need to worry about her son. he learn to everything he knows from her. he knows he doesn't lead a comfortable life like people in the city. but he also knows that he has a lot more than his family did a 100 years ago. people i don't know my leg. oh, so as of course i would like to have a big car. luke, but you have to make a choice even if you love this kind of life up here as i do, then you can't go and live in a big city. are you a bath mac alone? still it's tough tending sheep or growing crops here. and now we're waiting for the next year, is that we need to, let's say, support this activities and this families in order that they can let a profit from the, from this activity that they are doing. this is the main main thing. i'm re feed us family, seemed to be content with our lives. they recently built

a new house next to barrows. one things have been improving from one generation to the next was the lama heads off to visit another family. he received a warm welcome. we promote, the eldest son was in sweden, but he stuck at home because of a pandemic. sim lama says the government has to realize that more and more people will leave unless things improve. one issue is the infrastructure. the roads in the mountains are poor. government says should give health, here's those, go on the go the home year. the difficult, the tradition is all well and good. what should we do if we can sell what we make sure. good. good to go. see the nearest areas. 50 kilometers away for there are no government guarantees, we get no government support,

dish cycle. so it's hard to maintain traditions if you're on of it. but if you're doing push of steel, it's often easier to make money abroad than to continue farming. here. the area might be beautiful, but without jobs or prospects, young people will continue to go away. far away on this report is about some relatively new arrivals to the african continent. originally from the south american and is these really 4 legged creatures have managed to set to in nicely in some farms in south africa? yes, we have crease on not only is, aren't, they proved to be surprisingly helpful. they perform a lot of useful task in the yard and garden, and the also generously provide the owners something luxurious to keep them warm when the temperature drop and a here be of friendly to these happy greece is willing to part of the

original plan for this property, but today it's hard to imagine the police without them be eating and pooping biodiversity and promotes lloyd hills. hello, george. hello freddy, hello l t. when paula, this barry bought this old pair form, the quality of the soil was a poor. so she decided to acquire some animals to help reduce the need to the us, basically the packer, along with the hens along with the rabbits that we now also have. they are helping us heal our soil. because after all of those years of performing, our soil was really dead. that was very little insect life. very little animal life, very little other plants were able to thrive. and now we're putting all of those nutrients back in the soil, from what we call our celebrity animals. i'll pack a droppings, also known as a pack of bins i reach in nitrogen and potassium,

an ideal for the laser, for the vegetable patch. then we've got our herbs, we've got about 20 varieties of, of herbs on the property. here's some, some time. super pungent and then some different edible, edible flowers that were growing. this, the said she was inspired to practice permaculture, regenerative agriculture, doing south africa. the 1st look them in 2020. her interest grew up watching documentaries and climate change and going from performing requires huge amounts of herbicides and pesticides. and we didn't want to spray. so we thought, how can we use the space better and we weren't sure whether we were going to have food security. so we decided to grow veggies in between the rows of perez and up the, the pairs using the pairs a trellis. and it grew from now i'll pack the also part of the landscape at this phone in tone of weddington. gavin dean hall was the flustering port

suspicious, just those last witness from its native american just over 2 decades ago. that the only a few dozen packers in the country to be the number husband to almost 1500, which has long been in still the vouchers which they who in mittens and that can be picked up and they made into an organic compost. and when we had our tree nursery, we use that to fertilize the trees in this more bags. and they also used for guiding sheep. they, the eyesight and the hearing is very good. and so a lot of farm is nice and cape using you know, packets to that when it comes to going to farming davis. if occasion is key full at the very has made a dealing with local western she delivers fresh produce and also collect the opening in the wall restaurants or nor didn't drug in boxes. it's

a win win situation. so we're happy to do that. that's a good thing to just the safe or the a search that we would throw away for them on their phone. they can still use it from manage them. we can blew beaudry prepares the ways to forms to eat and turn into complet mall exam. if i want a break, it's back sometimes is not necessary because i give you the exam also for the garden. look at the way the you just one end. look, you're very, it be the breeding. the end result is a natural for allies and non us warm tea bud receives the model can be repeated anywhere to grow organic food. and there seems to be a market for a i think everyone during lockdown has,

has taken perhaps more interest in the health and the nutritional wellbeing. and i think now is the time we have a window of opportunity with small businesses like this or becoming more sorts after. and i see that because i started with no customers, and now i have nearly a 100 where they might be a little list, happy to be shown. then when the left in piece to please i'll talk as are also used for the award. it's still a small scale industry here in south africa, but as the popularity of the animals increases, demand for the high quality, soft and silky, please is likely to for to that's all for the submission of echo africa. we hope you found today's story, this pirate. if you're doing something to protect the environment, let us know for now. goodbye for me, chris land in lagos, nigeria. see you next. take thunder blanket crease and it's all of you of us out

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