Organic gardening involves eschewing the use of pesticides and other harmful chemicals on your land, but pests are still a problem. Though most people are familiar with the bug-eating benefits of ...

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Flocks of white, black and brown ducks hunt for snails and bugs as they patrol the grapevines at a vineyard in South Africa's winemaking town of ...

Integrated rice-duck farming system. Two weeks ago, I highlighted the effects of 16 per cent VAT on farmers and how they can cope with effects of Increased cost of chemical pesticides. One such coping ...

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa (AP) — The quacking is soft at first amid the vineyards that roll for miles in this South African wine-making town. But then the duck handlers whistle and wave their white ...

Twice a day, over a thousand Indian Runner ducks commute to their jobs at the Vergenoegd Löw wine estate near Cape Town, South Africa. One of the perks for the winery’s duck employees is lunch on the ...

A pioneering rice farm in Vermont has embraced the agroecological technique known as “aigamo method,” which introduces ducks into rice fields to offer natural weed and pest control, along with ...