South Africa's 'crazy' mountain farmers cash in on truffle bet

South Africa, truffle bet - 2021
South Africa, truffle bet - 2021 © Juliette Montilly / AFP

Only shrubs grew naturally in the sandy acid soil that farmer Volker Miros chose as a site to test the potential for truffle production in South Africa. After years of trial and error, today Miros is a pioneer of South Africa's budding truffle cultivation industry.