{"id":54289,"date":"2023-10-18T04:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T02:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/home-farming-is-elementary-20231017-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T21:42:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T19:42:45","slug":"home-farming-is-elementary-20231017-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/home-farming-is-elementary-20231017-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Home farming is elementary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_872f0d96\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9356\/2aa9c74d67ba455a8c9450fffa9da3fa.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/70f6bfdfdf954325b680f18c0906c369.jpeg\" title=\"Antoni Do Carmo, Michael Currin and Chrishelle Lochner.\"><p><\/p>\n<div 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