Tru-Cape Heritage Orchard Open Day
Each year Tru-Cape hosts its Heritage Orchard Open Day at Oak Valley Estate in Elgin, inviting the public for a guided walk to see and taste apple and pear varieties that are no longer in commercial production.
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26 Feb 2021 12:42
Husqvarna and Tendai ‘The Beast’ Mtawarira offer empowering message of resilience
Jenna Robinson, regional marketing manager for Husqvarna Africa, shares the backstory about the brand's recent campaign, featuring rugby icon Beast Tendai Mtawarira as brand ambassador. As South Africans begin to emerge from one of our most challenging periods to date, the campaign offers an empowering message of our own resilience, of our strength, and our ability to triumph over adversity.
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21 Sep 2020 10:00
WATCH: Prof Marcos Fava Neves shares key new way of life observations due to Covid-19
Agribusiness expert and professor of strategic planning and management at the Business Schools of the University of São Paulo (USP) and Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in Brazil shares 10 key observations on the new way of life due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
He shares the observations grouped in 10 words or topics, including digital, home, simplicity, sanity and nature. Watch the video below:.
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15 May 2020 14:02
SA Cheese Fest showcases small cheeseries
Sandringham, outside Stellenbosch, recently hosted the annual South African Cheese Festival. The festival offers small cheesemakers the opportunity to receive exposure for their businesses and products.
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2 May 2019 09:18
Theewaterskloof Mayor Christel Vosloo hands out title deeds in Grabouw
The Mayor of Theewaterskloof, Christel Vosloo, recently handed over title deeds to members of the apple and pear-farming communities in Grabouw.
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19 Mar 2019 14:24
SA Dairy Championships receives 882 entries
On 28 February 2019, the annual South African Dairy Championships competition judged 76 manufacturers who together entered a sum of 882 dairy products in more than 100 different classes.
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1 Mar 2019 11:39
The Flash Gala launch
The Flash Gala recently took place at The Pool Room restaurant on Oak Valley Estate, Elgin.
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30 May 2018 08:49
SA Cheese Festival 2018
The 2018 South African Cheese Festival took place at Sandringham outside Stellenbosch from 27-29 April.
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3 May 2018 08:48
Nederberg Wines honours wine farm history
To commemorate the 225-year-old legacy of the winery's founder, Phillipus Wolvaart; Nederburg Wines held a special vine planting event earlier this month.
Guided by Nederburg's viticulturist, Bennie Liebenberg and farm manager, Bertie Faure, guests braved the intense Paarl summer heat and got their hands dirty and helped plant the cultivar, Chambourcin, on a block that's been resting for three years to improve the decomposed granite soil.
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14 Dec 2016 09:05
Beauty Without Cruelty calls for cage-free policy
In March 2016, Beauty Without Cruelty called for the end of hen suffering by committing to a petition for a cage-free policy to be adopted by Mcdonalds SA.
United Front 4 Animals (UFA), OWL, South African Faith Communities' Environment Institute (SAFCEI) and Animal Voice, the official South African representative of Compassion in World Farming, added their voices to the campaign.
The Mcdonalds franchises based in the US and Canada have already begun to phase out battery-cage use in their supply chain enterprises which have been beneficial to the hens that produce eggs for their consumers. Mcdonalds SA is yet to adopt this policy....
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4 Oct 2016 07:54
Unilever Food Solutions Chef of the Year winners announced
Themed 'A Cut Above', the Unilever Food Solutions Chef of the Year mystery basket national finals held on 8 September in Durban, saw participants in the junior and senior categories create recipes using Unilever Food Solutions products for a starter, main and dessert course.
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12 Sep 2016 08:42