The Experience
At the end of 2025, at Galenia Estate and Olive Farm in Montagu, over 40 local olive farmers gathered to share their experience and questions.
While climbing through the soil profile pits, the wisdom of experts with decades of land-based experience unlocked conversation between farmers. A WhatsApp group was created, connecting the farmers to each other, to continue the emergence of this type of knowledge.
At The Table
If you are a local olive farmer needing advice on systems-thinking, or to connect to other olive farmers, feel free to reach out and pull up a chair at our table.
John Scrimgeour (Olive Consultant)
For tree care, production principles, and pest control.
Pieter Raath (Director of LabServe; Soil, Plant and Water Quality Laboratory)
For simply and easily interpreting soil and leaf quality data.
Bennie Diedericks (Soilution)
For soil nutrition, soil profiles and regenerative systems-design.
Nico Wasserfall (NexusAG)
For irrigation basics.
Shelly Fuller (Biodiversity Consultant)
For conservation and biodiversity design: establishing bio-corridors, restoring and stabilising riverbeds & wetlands, and planting indigenous species.
A WhatsApp group also emerged, connecting olive farmers in the region to each other. ‘We go further together, than alone’. Reach out to Return on Ecology, for any of these connections. You are welcome to join this space.
