THINUS CORAH AND THE BEE PROJECT - 23 June 2011 

Auldearn’s Bee Project made a profit of almost R7000 in it’s first year. Waitrose Foundation funding was used to buy bee hives and then these hives were hired out to the farm at a reduced rate for the pollination period. This year the project also aims to sell the honey from the hives at the Elgin Open Gardens Festival which takes place in November. 

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The Auldearn piggery project started in November 2008, where it was identified as a sustainable project by the farm’s worker committee.  The project has four hogs, with the workers involved being responsible for two pigs each. Currently one of the pigs is being hired out for breeding in return for one piglet from every sow that is covered and another pig is almost ready for sale at R13.50 per kg live weight.  

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