Tru-Cape Eselfontein Festival is October 14 to 16 this year.
This three-day event, held on Eselfontein Farm in Ceres, is a community fund-raising initiative that can accommodate 300 entries for the multi-stage event. On Friday, October 14 there is a 30km ride beginning at 18:00 while day two, on Saturday October
Celebrating women in Agriculture
As the Women’s Month of August comes to an end, we are pleased to share this excellent interview with one of Tru-Cape’s suppliers, Amoré Viljoen who is farm manager of Lakeview Farm in Villiersdorp, as published in Landbou Burger. Click
In-transit cold sterilisation is good news
Since the beginning of 2022, South Africa has exported more than 2.5 million boxes of apples and pears to India, and the demand is increasing year-on-year, says Hortgro. According to Hortgro, apple varieties such as Royal Gala, Bigbucks, and Top Red
New Two-a-Day solar equivalent to planting 484,380 trees.
South Africa’s Ratelberg Solar in Grabouw, owned by Two-a-Day employees, has awarded Technoserve the contract to install an additional 610kW to expand its footprint at Two-a-Day to a total 4.99MW energy provided by the sun. According to Bernhard Kotze, Commercial Manager
Tru-Cape makes Mandela Day fruit donations
In celebration of Mandela Day, the July 18 birthday anniversary of former South African president Nelson Mandela, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing joined many other South Africans in acts of service. This year, each of Tru-Cape members of staff was located a carton
Celebrating women in agriculture in August
Watch this interview with Lakeview Farm's manager, Amoré Viljoen. https://youtu.be/2mmEDyLUDQ0?t=284
Animation brings the journey of the apple to life
Recode Media, the agency of record of Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, has created a new television commercial for South Africa’s largest exporter of apples and pears using three-dimensional animation. Rochelle Hendry, Recode Creative Director and someone who has worked on the Tru-Cape
Ceres Fruit Growers adds new sorting facility increasing capacity
Ceres Fruit Growers (CFG) is one of the largest employers in the Witzenberg Valley, with a daily apple and pear packing capacity of 886 tons. The company has 134 cold rooms which can store 180 000 bins in Controlled Atmosphere (CA)
Farmer’s Weekly covers winning strategies of Langkloof growers.
Tru-Cape’s Langkloof growers have been featured in Farmer’s Weekly Magazine on-line which you can read here and that story has recently been re-published across the community newspapers such as The George Herald and The Oudtshoorn Courant, as below, and others.
A lifelong love of animals and trees
Although not the first female farm manager, Amoré Viljoen, farm manager at Lakeview Farm in Villiersdorp since 2020, is among only a tiny percentage of women in senior on-farm positions. “I think women may look at things differently, have an eye
