Lifestyle

For the largest exporter of South African apples and pears, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, innovation is never far from their minds. From a business perspective, the company, now in its 20th year, continues to retool and refine, making it leaner and

Singer and songwriter Gideon Hanekom is better known by his stage name, Gian Groen. For the last decades he has had the scent of apples and pears in his consciousness living, as he does, on a fruit farm in Grabouw,

Registered Dietician, Amy Gorin, M.S., writes on Food Network’s Healthy Eats that apples and pears are in the top five things we should eat. In her article, she quotes another Registered Dietician who says that apples are “The ultimate ‘fast food,’

Did you know that the saying, An Apple a Day keeps The Doctor Away, is based on an old Welsh saying? According to a recent book, The Garden Apothecary by Christine Iverson, in the 19th Century people would say, “Eat

South Africa’s largest exporter of South African apples and pears focuses on natural fruit as a substitute for artificial supplements in its campaign with Freshmark, the fresh fruit and vegetable procurement arm for the Shoprite/Checkers group. The campaign runs until

There are already many clinical studies that demonstrate the benefits of eating more fruit and vegetables. What stands out about a recently reviewed study published by Walter Willett, MD, DrPH, of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts in American Academy of

Paging through the current decor magazines, like House Beautiful UK, what jumps off the page in addition to the glorious interiors featured is the number of counter-top fruit bowls. It seems as if cut flowers and elegant bouquets have made