23 Apr 2013

Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry

What's Kookin'?

British band The Kooks were cookin' in Cape Town and Joburg last weekend, all part of the latest #5GumExperience - a brand activation that had fans fighting servere cases of FOMO in their efforts to win tickets. Ruth Cooper travelled to the secret location in Cape Town, a film studio warehouse in Salt River, for a Flippin' Kooky night.

While being in a band like The Kooks must seem like all play and no work, there's always some ground work to be covered to make sure your IP rights are covered. Phillip Haupt, a trademark attorney at law firm Adams & Adams, explains how "most up-and-coming artists/bands do not appreciate the value of their names and images," and how to remedy this by simply registering these as trademarks.

Nope, turns out it's not all drugs, sex and rock 'n' roll...

Love a good history fix? Do you find really, really old ships deeply fascinating? If you're in Cape Town, make your way down to Quay 6 at the Waterfront; you are in for a treat! The 92-year-old Sedov will be docked in the harbour until this Wednesday, 24 April - the last time she was here was in 1936, that's 77 years ago!

On a green note, do you and your company have a recycling progamme in place? No? Well there's no time like the present; this week is Green Office Week. Dorota Boltman, divisional director of Rainbow Paper Management, explains the negative effects of industrialised paper on the environment, how recycling could benefit a business, and small steps to implementing a recycling strategy at the office.

Have a gloriously green week!

Sindy Peters, Group Head: Content

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Judgement on Agri SA welcomed
The Department of Mineral Resources has welcomed the judgement handed down by the Constitutional Court of South Africa, in the long and embattled case brought against it by commercial agricultural organisation, Agri SA. Read more >>

Mislabelling of meat products - just distasteful? Or criminal?
[Altair Richards & Mandi Krebs] Food labelling has been in the spotlight following the European horse-meat scandal and the findings of a recent study by the University of Stellenbosch where undeclared ingredients were found in a number of meat products in South Africa. Read more >>

ACB concerned about SA's GM maize exports
The African Centre for Biosafety is deeply concerned by the news that the South African GMO authorities have permitted over 25,000 tons of GM maize to be exported to Zimbabwe. Read more >>

Recycle paper for Green Office Week
South African businesses are being urged to realise the vast environmental and business benefits of recycling unwanted paper, as paper consumption shows no signs of abating. Read more >>

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At Source markets not 'drying' up
[Zeenat Moorad] Speciality food firm At Source Handmade Foods is raising the bar for dried fruit producers in SA, following its successful entry into Australia, the UK and the Middle East. It also recently launched its own consumer brand, Cecilia's World in South Africa. Read more >>


Farming
Karoo offers mixed farming opportunities
Many commercial farm investors looking to diversify into different regions and away from core farming activities are viewing the Karoo as an area of high potential. Read more >>

Agriculture offers real growth potential
[Helmo Preuss] Although structural impediments such as poor logistics render the search for new avenues of deeper intra-African trade challenging‚ there is an immediate and compelling growth potential in the trade of agricultural products‚ Standard Bank research analyst Simon Freemantle said last week. Read more >>

Imports blamed for chicken industry's woes
[Amanda Visser] South African chicken producers are taking up the fight against cheap imports again by asking for drastic increases in import duties. Read more >>

Zeder buys larger stake in Capespan
Zeder Investments‚ through its wholly owned subsidiary Zeder Financial Services‚ has reached an agreement with Total Produce to buy the shareholding held by Total Produce in Capespan for R258m in cash. Read more >>

Food prices keep inflation in check
[Ntsakisi Maswanganyi] Consumer inflation came in slightly better than expected in March mainly as a result of downward pressure from food prices. Read more >>


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