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Heritage apple and pear varieties that are no longer in commercial production are being saved for future generations in the Tru-Cape Heritage Orchard on Oak Valley Estate, Elgin in South Africa’s Western Cape. For Tru-Cape, the largest exporter of South African
Tru-Cape ends off a strong year with a song and a dance
Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing was founded in 2001 and is equally owned by the growers of Ceres Fruit Growers (founded in 1923) and Two-a-Day (founded in 1921). Today Tru-Cape, approaching its 21-year in business, is the largest exporter of South African
Ceres Fruit Growers honours best producers of 2021
Ceres Fruit Growers is one of the largest apple and pear packers and employers in the Ceres valley in South Africa’s Western Cape. Each year the company honours those growers who have excelled with a trophy-giving event, held in Ceres this
Eselfontein 2021 raises R121, 000 for local charities.
The annual Tru-Cape Eselfontein Festival which comprises a three-stage mountain bike race and various trail runs, is a major fund-raising event for the local Ceres community. Janene Malherbe of Eselfontein, a Tru-Cape apple, pear and now cherry grower that also has
Food Lover’s Market breaks the five-million carton barrier
Although Food Lover’s Market has been a long-time seller of Tru-Cape apples and pears, this year they broke through the five-million carton barrier and were awarded Platinum status in Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing’s Honourary Club. Tru-Cape is the largest exporter of South
Tru-Cape expands app with Granny’s Bakery game.
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
Ceres is the cherry on the top in terms of hectares planted.
The Western Cape town of Ceres has long been an apple and pear growing capital but, in the last decade, it has become the largest centre of cherry production with more than 274 hectares (ha) planted according to Hortgro’s 2020
Tru-Cape’s cycling champion brothers continue in the lead
We are thrilled to be able to share this back story about Tru-Cape’s champion cycling brothers, Hannes and Sakkie Hanekom, who are also top apple and pear growers in the Witzenberg Valley. Read the Tread Media article here.
Tru-Cape turns to top South African band for a new sound
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,
Apples and pears are top five fruits you should eat
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,’
