Can prunes reverse bone loss?
A growing body of research suggests that eating prunes could improve bone health in postmenopausal women who have low bone mass. In some cases, it might even reverse bone loss caused by osteoporosis.
Chris Krone se landboulesse
Deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp Sy ma het die dag voor sy geboorte onder ’n pruimedantboom gestaan en gevoel dat die baba dalk vroeër gaan kom as beplan. Die dokter het gewaarsku dat dit ’n brugbaba en moeilike bevalling gaan wees. Die…
Droëvrugte in ‘dié tyd, ‘n wonderproduk’
Die verkope van pruimedante en pruimedantsap het met die uitbreking van die COVID-19 merkbaar gestyg, sê Chris Krone, vorige president van die Internasionale Pruimedante-Vereniging (International Prune Association/IPA).
Prune tree symbol of future
The International Prune Association (IPA) recently planted a young prune tree on the grounds of a farm school, Botha’s Halte Primary School, in the Breede River Valley, a couple of kilometres from where the most successful South African prune variety was first discovered in the 1960s.
SA’s economy ‘has turned a corner’
By Jorisna Bonthuys Economist Dr Roelof Botha is optimistic about investment and agricultural prospects in South Africa. “South Africa’s growth rate could pick up faster than expected if the correct structural reforms are in place,” Botha said. “Economic recovery beckons…
Understanding a brave new consumer world
By Elise-Marie Steenkamp The impact of COVID-19 on the world, economy, and consumers can be equated to a meteor hitting earth. It has changed everything, but will those changes have a lasting effect? Local consumer reports indicate that people avoid…