Estate Living Magazine #liveyourbestlife - Issue 46 December 2019 | Page 52

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Crossways Farm Village and the New
Ruralism: new towns, old farms, 21st-century
opportunities.
Old policies and new ideologies have plunged South Africa's
rural areas into a downward spiral towards economic disater.
It doesn't have to be like this, though - if we return to basic by
reconnecting with our agricultural roots.
‘Agriculture,’ says Chris Mulder, ‘is the new golf.’
Dr Mulder – founder of CMAI, a multidisciplinary planning
and design firm, and former horticulturist/farmer turned
landscape architect, developer and urban designer behind
three of Knysna’s most successful communities (Belvidere
Estate, Pezula Private Estate and Thesen Islands) – has now
turned his attention to Crossways Farm Village midway
between Port Elizabeth and Jeffreys Bay.