Biologist and fly farmer Arné Verhoef’s fondest childhood memories were made visiting the local zoo where he grew up in Pretoria and behind books reading about insects. He teases to say he chose entomology because he likes to bug people. In this edition I get to chat to him about his work as the chief technology officer at Numbu, an insect protein company and more about his career in agriculture…

We celebrate this week’s #SoilSister, farmer, Zilungile Ndlovu. She talks more about her amazing journey in agriculture and more about life on the farm, highlighting some of her success stories…