Where we should be

We heard Ile de Pain was the place to be in Knysna, so now we (well, our products) are there!

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Celebrity Endorsement

We thought we would brag a bit with some "celebrity endorsement"... 

Musician and actor Lochner de Kock says this of our oil:

"Ek en my persentjie van Natasha. Dadelik getoets...........skoon, lieflike varsgesnyde gras en omgeploegde aarde geur en smaak."

"Me and my present from Natasha. Tested it immediately - clean, lovely fresh cut grass and ploughed earth nose and taste"

Live long and well (oiled).

TIME magazine's Health and Family segment reports on research to find the reason why the Mediterranean diet is a well-known weapon in the fight against heart disease.

Their findings were conclusive, Olive Oil is the trick:
"The group that showed the least heart problems and lowest rate of heart disease deaths? Those who ate a Mediterranean diet high in extra-virgin olive oil. Coming in at a close second were participants who ate a Mediterranean diet high in nuts. Compared with those eating the low-fat diet, the extra-virgin-olive-oil group showed a 30% lower risk of having a heart attack, stroke or dying of heart disease after five years, while those consuming the Mediterranean diet with more nuts showed a 28% lower risk of these outcomes."

We've always known this, now it has been proven!

Read more HERE.

Uily McBeal

If you have ever had a close look at our packaging you might have noticed a little owl perched on the right of the logo. The owl was inspired by the Spotted Eagle Owl that lives next to our factory and the numerous (7 to be exact) owls that Essie our farm manager has successfully raised and rehabilitated over the last few years that we have had the farm.

In November last year the owl had babies and the wind blew two of them out of the nest. One was attacked by ants and its chances of survival seemed grim, but with Essie's expert care she pulled through. 

Two weeks later she was named Uily (Afrikaans for Owly) McBeal (remember the 90s TV lawyer?).

Uily soon became good friends with Sam and Carlos, Essie's two dogs. We believe she might think that she IS a dog. She regularly takes naps under the table: 

or on the chair:

 And on hot days she takes a dip in their water bowl - much to Sam's frustration! 

Since she also runs to the gate with the dogs every time someone comes to visit she has been renamed Buks- a more appropriate name for a guard owl. So meet Buks:

We hope to share more adventures of Buks the guard owl on this blog soon.