Tag: fruit
Tru-Cape fruit growers donate food to communities in need
A 2013 South African National Farmer of the Year, grower and Tru-Cape company director, Rossouw Cillié learned the important lesson about never...
Lockdown knocked down sales values for vegetables
FNB’s analysis of the total value of sales of the selected fruit and vegetable commodities sold on South Africa’s major fresh produce...
Informal fresh produce traders need COVID-19 support
Many
South Africans aren’t aware of just how robust and resilient the country’s
fresh produce supply chain is, or of how big a role...
US fresh fruit retail sales increase during COVID-19
This article was originally published on FreshPlaza. Click on this link to read the original article.
The fundamentally...
Phase 4 load shedding hinders agricultural production
The last few days of
phase 4 load shedding came in a critical production period for the Western Cape’s
agricultural sector.
Jannie Strydom, CEO of...
CEO of Fruit SA steps down
Dr Konanani Liphadzi, the first
chief executive officer of Fruit South Africa (Fruit SA), has decided to step
down, after six years in the...
Seedless litchis harvested in Australia
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One $5 000 tree from...
Oriental fruit fly successfully eradicated in the Northern Cape
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) hereby notifies farmers and community members about the successful eradication of the invasive fruit...
100 Million bacterial cells per apple all for your benefit
In today’s quick-fix health economy where we want instant solutions to a myriad of lifestyle-related complaints, it is good news to...
Clever ways to preserve food
Many old-fashioned food preservation techniques have become popular in the past few years. There are good reasons for this; preserving food reduces...