Agribusiness Galleries South Africa

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.

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.

The Mayor of Theewaterskloof, Christel Vosloo, recently handed over title deeds to members of the apple and pear-farming communities in Grabouw.

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.

The Flash Gala recently took place at The Pool Room restaurant on Oak Valley Estate, Elgin.

The 2018 South African Cheese Festival took place at Sandringham outside Stellenbosch from 27-29 April.

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. Read more here....

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....

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.