Tru-Cape and Food Lover’s present cheque for two million meals
Food Lover’s Market and partners are delighted to announce that they have collected a record number of 2,515,203 meals during the May Hunger Month campaign. On Tuesday, 14 June 2022, Andrew Millson, (Food Lover's Market Head of HR and Sustainability),
New programme to enrich family-life and support trauma victims.
The largest employer in the greater Elgin, Grabouw, Vyeboom and Villiersdorp region is apple and pear processor, Two-a-Day, a business wholly owned by fruit growers in the area. With more than 2000 people on staff, managing the human resource is
The father of Pink Lady® apples falls from the tree of life.
As tributes pour in to the life of John Cripps, a preeminent apple breeder responsible for two of the most successful trademarked varieties, Pink Lady® and JOYA®, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing’s New Varietal Expert, Buks Nel, paused for some personal recollections. “I
FLASH GALA ™ is the fastest growing new apple variety.
The fastest growing new South African apple variety is currently planted in over 1000 hectares in South Africa with well more than 1.2 million Bigbucks trees sold. FLASH GALA ™, is the full wine-red Gala apple improvement discovered by Tru-Cape’s New
Father of the Pink Lady® apple dies
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) in Western Australia has paid tribute to the work and contribution of the ‘Father of the Pink Lady® apple’, former apple breeder John Cripps AO. Mr Cripps, who worked for the department
Tru-Cape joins campaign to provide 1.1 million meals
South Africa’s leading fresh produce retailer is proud to announce that through the support of its partners, it has already raised 1.1 million meals for Hunger Month, which will be distributed through FoodForward SA. With the assistance of FoodForward SA
Weekend Warrior in Grabouw is on May 14 and 15, 2022.
With the apple picking season nearing its end, mid-May in picturesque Grabouw will be a hive of activity and not least because of the Tru-Cape supported Weekend Warrior event, a MTB designed for the whole family to be held at
50 fruit-industry terms to know
Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest exporter of South African apples and pears and a business wholly owned by growers, has compiled a cheat-sheet list of 50 fruit-industry terms to help you too to sound like an expert. Bin A box in which
Photos from the Tru-Cape Heritage Orchard Open Day and picnic
Tru-Cape, in conjunction with the Lockdown Recipe Storytelling Book group recently held its Heritage Orchard of old apple varieties no longer in commercial production Open Day and picnic at Oak Valley Estate in Elgin.
Microscopics found on raw fruit essential to human health.
Not only are apples delicious but they are also proven to be good for us. And, according to a recently published study, The microbiome and resistome of apple fruits alter in the post-harvest period, by Birgit Wassermann, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Henry
