Laastedrif in Ceres is a leader in transformation
Although recognised as National Farmer of the Year in 2013 for his agricultural achievements, Rossouw Cillé of Laastedrif in Ceres, a Tru-Cape company director and grower of Tru-Cape apples and pears, is also well known in the grower community as
Two-a-Day’s Ricardo a finalist in Agri’s got Talent 2017
The hills may be alive with the sound of music but so are the Grabouw mountains and apple orchards of the Cape. Ricardo Plaatjies, of Two-a-Day in Grabouw, is one of the finalists in the 2017 Agri’s got Talent competition. Agri’s
2017 Tru-Cape Packhouse Challenge in August.
The Tru-Cape Packhouse Challenge 2017, an inter-packhouse trail running competition, is set for Saturday, August 26 this year. Teams from Western Cape packhouses will include Two-a-Day, Ceres Fruit Growers, Kromco, APL and Fruitways as well as a team from event sponsor
Two-a-Day’s caring approach to wellness is also good for business
For apple and pear packers Two-a-Day, a major employer in the Grabouw valley, and one of the owners of Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, their commitment to wellness for their people has also proved to be good for business. Director of Human Resources
Supporting Knysna
Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Knysna and the Eden district who are dealing with the impact of fires, among the worst in recent years. Tru-Cape has delivered over 8000 Braeburn apples to the Knysna Firefighters to
Tru-Cape Heritage Trees Available for Purchase
Although not in the business of selling trees, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest distributor of South African apples and pears, has arranged with the nurserymen at SAPO Trust, to make ancient apple and pear trees planted in the Tru-Cape Heritage
Somerset West company’s academic outreach programme hosts Italian agricultural delegation
In an ongoing outreach programme to universities, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing in Somerset West, recently hosted a group of students from the agriculturally focused Fachschule für Obst-, Wein- und Gartenbau at Laimburg Südtirol, Italy. The school is closely associated with the
Greyton farm worker’s entrepreneurial spirit
At almost 60 years of age, most of us are thinking about ending our working career and yet for Elias Mkhalakahla, who manages the maintenance team at Tru-Cape’s Greyton apple and pear grower, The Oaks Estates, he seems just to
Tru-Cape apples support the Peace My City Initiative
Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest supplier of South African apples and pears, responsible for the livelihoods of over 15, 200 people via the successful sale of their growers’ fruit, recently contributed cartons of apples to the Gugulethu community April 22
Life skills and support all in a days work at Greyton apple and pear farm.
Just nine kilometres outside of the picturesque village of Greyton is Kootjie and Isa Viljoen’s farm Oewerzicht. There, together with daughter Catherien and the twins Danielle and Phillip, they grow apples and pears for Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing as well
