New kit for Tru-Cape growers riding the Epic through Ceres this weekend.
Ace cycling brothers Sakkie and Hannes Hanekom (pictured) are once again competing in the ABSA Cape Epic Race which, this year, goes through their Witzenberg Valley, Ceres farm on Tuesday, March 15. The Hanekoms, growers for Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest
Flow Wrapping technology means less bruising on fruit.
Tru-Cape packhouse Two-a-Day has invested in the latest Flow Wrap packaging technology to make each piece of fruit easier to see in the package which prevents bruising from over handling. Here is a short video with Tru-Cape's Marketing Director, Conrad Fick,
Tru-Cape growers ride Cape Epic through Ceres farm
Ace cycling brothers Sakkie and Hannes Hanekom are once again competing in the ABSA Cape Epic Race which, this year, goes through their Witzenberg Valley, Ceres farm on Sunday, March 13. The Hanekoms, growers for Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest distributor
Ceres farm worker’s choir a saving grace for Tru-Cape grower
Elsie Oliphant is one of over 30 farm workers at De Kock Boerdery in De Eiken, Ceres who along with running the farm’s creche also co-leads the farm’s award-winning choir. “We started in 2007 inspired by a course on living a
MTB riders race though Grabouw forests on May 7 to raise funds for Grabouw school.
Last year Tru-Cape helped the Grabouw High School swell its coffers by R92, 000 with the proceeds from the Tru-Cape Grabouw MTB and this year, on May 7, they plan to break their record. While there will be many technical challenges
Local school benefits from Tru-Cape-sponsored golf day.
The Kingsway Christian School held a fundraising golf day on Saturday, February 6 at the Grabouw Short Golf Course. The faith-based school is for learners from early childhood development ages to Grade 12. According to principal Kobus van Vuuren they
Second Heritage Orchard open day following sell-out date
Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest marketer of South African apples and pears is opening its Heritage Orchard of historic apple and pear trees to the public for a guided tour hosted by Tru-Cape’s Quality Assurance Manager, Henk Griessel, Buks Nel
Keeping fruit in the fridge makes it last longer
Do you know that every apple and pear you eat is a living thing? Keeping fruit in the fridge and away from bananas and other ethylene-gas producing fruit will keep them freshest for longest. Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest marketers of
Ceres farm event raises R47, 000 for local home for the aged.
Having raised R7000 more than the previous Eselfontein Festival, owners Deon and Janene Malherbe of Eselfontein will soon be presenting a Ceres home for the aged with a much needed cash boost. Eselfontein Farm, one of Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing’s apple and
CANSA Relay For Life, Helderberg, in February
Kicking off the new year with efforts to increase the number of people who survive cancer, CANSA, the Cancer Association of South Africa, holds Relay For Life events that champion survivors while raising funds to support people needing treatment. Dalene Odendahl,
