It is often said that excess cooking is dangerous for our health and that we must avoid burning food.

When cooking certain categories of food at high temperature or for a long period of time, several molecules are produced among which some are pleasant and others potentially toxic and dangerous for the health.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: https://zaszambia.wordpress.com/2021/12/12/excess-cooking-and-acrylamide/

There is an overwhelming number of diets available on the internet, which attract people with their “before and after” pictures of diet followers. However, not all are sustainable, suitable, and effective. Some diets focus on reducing appetite to minimize food intake, which in turn restricts the intake of calories, fat, and carbohydrates and some offer benefits that go beyond weight loss.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: https://zaszambia.wordpress.com/2021/12/10/major-weight-loss-and-weight-management-diet-strategies-that-you-should-know-about/

A 25 year old lady from Kabwe becomes one of the first female snail farmers (heliciculture) who runs a company that extracts snails’ mucus into beauty products.

"Every snail farmer is a great solution to beauty,” says Precious Muka Botha!

25 year old Precious Muka Botha is a snail farmer who is based in Kabwe, Zambia!

She is very creative and innovative young lady offering solutions to the nation.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: https://zaszambia.wordpress.com/2021/12/06/young-zambian-snail-farmer-harvests-over-1-million-snails-annually/

We get into business with different motives. However, because entrepreneurship is a jungle of sorts only the very best survive as the weak ones are easily eliminated.

Statistics show that 80% of businesses in operation today will fail in the next 5 years.

So what makes some entrepreneurs better than others? What type of entrepreneur are you?

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://zaszambia.wordpress.com/2021/12/04/are-you-simply-a-survivalist-or-an-entrepreneur/

In an unfortunate scenario, when one considers market gardening projects to undertake locally, lettuce is hardly top of the list, whilst it is relatively easy to farm and is not financially intensive. This is simply because it requires no major infrastructure development and can be done at a small scale. The following are basic guidelines which should provide a knowledge base for one to undertake lettuce production.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: https://zaszambia.wordpress.com/2021/11/18/profitable-lettuce-production-guide/

Rosemary is mostly grown under dryland conditions. When under irrigation, care should be taken not to over irrigate. Irrigation at planting is essential and supplementary irrigation is advised until the plants are well established. Once established with a strong root system, rosemary can produce well if rainfall is above 500mm per year. In wetter areas rosemary will not do as well unless ridged to allow excess water to drain away.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: https://zaszambia.wordpress.com/2021/11/16/rosemary-production-guide/

Everyone knows that eggs are healthy and a great source of high quality protein, especially egg white. One whole egg contains six to seven grams of protein, along with vitamins, minerals, iron, carotenoids, and disease fighting nutrients like zeaxanthin and lutein. It also contains all nine essential amino acids in the right ratios.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: https://zaszambia.wordpress.com/2021/11/17/explore-the-recent-trends-going-on-a-wide-array-of-applications-of-egg-protein/

This article serves to give you guidance on how best to do Beef fattening. Beef prices normally changes with season and higher prices are realized for good grades during the dry season when most animals are in a deteriorating condition. The choice of reconditioning and adding some weight of the animal during a short period normally pays off when done properly. This involves the feeding of cattle on high-energy diet and adequate protein for a period of 90 to 120 days. Feeding is done under confinement to prevent loss of energy through movement.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: https://zaszambia.wordpress.com/2021/11/12/beef-fattening/

Testing your soil pH is crucial if you want to avoid losses. Your soil pH is key to understanding if essential nutrients will be available to the roots of your plants. Plants can only access these nutrients if the soil pH is within a certain range. If it isn’t, your crops will never make it no matter how much fertilizer you add. Let’s go back to school for those that don’t know what pH is.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: https://zaszambia.wordpress.com/2021/11/11/testing-your-soil-ph-without-a-kit/

Cassava products can be used in livestock feeding. Large quantities of cassava roots and cassava waste are utilized in the cassava-producing countries for this purpose.

Let us take a look at some cassava products that are used in feeding livestock.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: https://zaszambia.wordpress.com/2021/11/06/5-cassava-products-that-can-be-used-in-livestock-feeding/