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Carmen Siologas posted this gloriously elegant tart in the Lockdown Recipe Storytelling Book group on Facebook. "So here's my long awaited French apple tart. This tart was originally created by Cedric Grolet, one of my favourite French pastry chefs.  This is

The Tru-Cape Mile is an open-water swim event to be held at the Grabouw Country Club on Sunday, May 2 in the pristine waters of the Eikenhof Dam. It consists of five mile events and participants can decide if they

One of the positives to come out of Covid-19 lockdowns around the globe is the growth in on-line  chat tools and communities where people can safely connect. One such group is a South African phenomenon. Not only did the Lockdown Recipe

Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing has partnered with the Lockdown Recipe Storytelling Facebook Group and sampled some of its most active members with FLASH GALA ™ apples and asked them to suggest recipes. There were many outstanding recipe suggestions some of which

The largest exporter of South African apples and pears is also entirely owned by its growers. Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing growers produce apples and pears sold throughout South Africa and in 105 countries around the globe. As eating fresh fruit and

As one of the largest employers in the Elgin Grabouw region, Two-a-Day’s Director: Human Resource, Dimitri Jacobs, is a frontline contact person for many in the community.  “Given the large numbers of people who work in the Two-a-Day Group we have

Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing is wholly owned by its apple and pear growers and is the largest exporter of South African apples and pears. Each year Tru-Cape opens its Heritage Orchard at Oak Valley Estate in Elgin to the public to

Elgin Waste Management is an Enterprise Development project to grow entrepreneurial skills in matriculants. The business is owned by the Two-a-Day Educational Trust (51%) which funds tertiary education in any subject to qualifying applicants and 49% is held by Elgin

A high pack-out percentage of FLASH GALA ™ apples is expected based on the first samples taken when picking began in the Ceres valley recently. Fruit from the Elgin, Grabouw, Villiersdorp and Vyeboom valleys also looks very good says Tru-Cape

Harvest forecasts are sometimes nearer to crystal-ball gazing than to true science and massive fluctuations are often the norm rather than the exception.  Witzenberg Properties in Ceres, was nearly spot-on with its forecast of 130 tons of cherries delivering 132 tons