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SIZA – From compliance to competitive advantage

Text: Gerrit Rautenbach Georgina Hewitt, co-owner of Verdun Estates, Hortgro Stone Vice-Chairperson, and SIZA Board Director, shared her thoughts on “How to shift from compliance to competitive advantage and what we must do next” at the recent SIZA Conference in Paarl…

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SIZA Does Matter

The 10-year conference of The Sustainability Initiative of South Africa (SIZA) took place on 19 August at Ashanti, near Paarl. By Gerrit Rautenbach SIZA’s raison d’être is to cultivate ethical and environmentally sustainable trade practices across a wide range of…

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Verdun

The brother-and-sister team of Peter Wolfaardt and Georgie Hewitt discuss their top-performing August Red nectarines. By Anna Mouton. Verdun in Prince Alfred Hamlet is home to some of the South African stone-fruit industry’s foremost August Red blocks, according to an…

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Women in Agriculture: Georgina Hewitt

Georgie Hewitt is a director of Verdun and Vice-Chairperson of Hortgro Stone. She spoke to Jenny Underhill about her education and work experience, joining the family business, and her experience of being a woman in agriculture. Hewitt grew up in…

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