The Hortgro Transformation Award gives recognition to any person(s)/group(s) that made an impact in the transformation sphere of the deciduous fruit industry value chain and showed exceptional performance and commitment. The primary purpose of this reward is to: Motivate people/groups…
Media release DECIDUOUS FRUIT INDUSTRY CELEBRATES YET ANOTHER YEAR OF HARD WORK AND SUCCESS List of award winners 2019 · General Agricultural Worker: Mzumkhulu Colin Sijinga · Specialist Agricultural Worker: Kerneels Oncker · Advanced Agricultural Worker: Elize Boer · Novice…
By Carme Naude Najwah Allie-Edries, the head of the Jobs Fund visited the Ceres region’s beneficiaries on 7 February. The tour started at La Vouere where Raymond Koopstad welcomed them together with his strategic partners Georgie Hewitt and Pieter Wolfaardt…
The English poet John Donne wrote four hundred years ago, ‘No man is an island’. This adage rings particularly true for Raymond Koopstad from La Vouere farm in the Ceres Valley. His journey into agriculture took many turns, but it…