Runaway veld fires move through landscapes at an astonishing pace, destroying property, natural habitats, and sometimes even lives. Over the past year, several of our production regions were decimated by wildfires. As summer approaches, local fruit producers should fine-tune their…
Runaway veld fires move through landscapes at an astonishing pace – destroying property, natural habitat and sometimes even lives. These risks were highlighted once again recently with the devastating fires in the Southern Cape and in California, USA, – when…
By Jorisna Bonthuys Runaway veld fires move through landscapes – destroying property, natural habitat and sometimes even lives. These risks were highlighted once again last summer when large, uncontrolled veld fires swept through parts of the Boland, causing major and…