ABOUT BUSH-WILLOW CREEK

Bush-Willow Creek is a family owned ranch close to the small rural town of Hoedspruit in Limpopo, South Africa. 

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Our ranch is more about building the soil, water and nutrient cycles and protecting the environment than it is about raising animals.  The animals that we raise are a by-product of a functioning ecosystem and without a functioning ecosystem we won’t have a natural raised product to supply to our customers. 

 

We strive to protect and improve our soils, which in turn, provide us with improving biomass to graze and browse our free ranging wildlife and managed herds of cattle and sheep.  Our managed herds of livestock mimic the movements of herbivores like Cape Buffalo and Wildebeest that are no longer able to complete their migration routes due to man made infrastructure.

Giving soils and plants much needed trampling and aeration whilst depositing dung and urine as a natural fertiliser as they pass by.  This is then followed by a long period of rest and exclusion to allow proper recovery of vegetation to cover the soils. All of this helps with water infiltration, retention of natural nutrients whilst combatting erosion and preventing over grazing.

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We only intervene if the problems are man made, be it erosion, bush encroachment, under or over grazing, or in the case of livestock, genetic selection of low maintenance, high performing animals instead of animals that need crutches to attain their full potential.

We believe in a holistic approach not just in farming but in the way we choose to live.  Our aim is to promote sustainability through a symbiotic relationship with all that we impact and that which impacts us. 

 

A coexistence between man and the natural environment we inhabit.