March 2013

Tru-Cape growers Hannes Hannekom and brother Sakkie (pictured just behind) came 17th overall in the ABSA Cape Epic. They were the first amateur team to finish. Now that's Fast Fruit and Takeaways from Nature at work!  

Die afgelope naweek, Maart 10, het 10 lede van die Witzen Wiele fietsry span(Witzenberg properties) aan die jaarlikse 109km Pick and Pay Argus fietstoer deelgeneem. Baie geluk aan die sewe manne wat die wedren voltooi het, dit is voorwaar 'n

We love Sam Linsell's Drizzle & Dip blog and her cookbook of the same name. She recently posted two wonderful recipes and photographs made with Tru-Cape apples and pears. Click here for her Dukkah Baked Pears with Honey recipe or here for

Angela Day, the food writer for Independent Newspapers, took a fresh look at apples and pears and developed these easy-to-make but really delicious recipes. Click here to be taken to Angela Day online to try them for yourself. 

Tru-Cape growers are competing for who can produce the biggest apple or pear. In the Pears a Cheeky weighed-in at of 554g, but then a 720g Cheeky took the lead until the current winner, a Packham’s Triumph pear weighing 972g

As over 1-billion people are still going to bed hungry and another billion are overweight, access to a healthy diet is more important than ever before. While a government think-tank is calling for the reintroduction of home economics as an