Louise Viljoen, founder of Ouma Swesie’s Pantry, based in Darling, Western Cape since 2014, has a passion for food rooted in childhood memories. The idea of pickled garlic products came during a weekend with her daughter, who’s also involved in the food industry. After conducting market research, they decided to enter the market.
Louise Viljoen is stigter van Ouma Swesie se Spens, sedert 2014 in Darling in die Wes-Kaap baseer. Louise se passie vir kos kom van haar ma, wat in die spysenieringbedryf was. Sy het lekker kos herinneringe van haar kinderjare.
An Ayrshire Mozzarella, made especially for Woolworths by RFG Group, was crowned the Dairy Product of the Year at the prestigious South African Dairy Awards on Thursday 25 March 2023 at Eensgezind outside Durbanville. This year’s event marked a remarkable milestone, celebrating the 190th edition of the SA Dairy Championships, the biggest and oldest dairy competition in Africa.
Meer as 20 jaar gelede moes die Ingram-familie van Sweetwater-plaas noodgedwonge hulle eie balkleppe vir hul waterkrippe ontwerp. Woord van die klep se effektiwiteit het egter vinnig versprei en ander boere het daarin begin belangstel. Vandag inspireer hulle suksesverhaal ander in die landbou.
Recent organoleptic testing done by a prominent South African multinational retailer has awarded the products of local saffron producer Saffricon a top rating.
Maskam beteken “plek van water” maar aan die voet van die Maskamberg, net buite Vanrhynsdorp, reën dit die afgelope paar jaar hopeloos te min. Daar is wel baie ondergrondse water, jy moet net weet waar om die aar raak te boor.
Die nageslag pluk die vrugte.
Nes haar voorouers, boer Jaco en Liezl de Klerk op ʼn geil lappie grond voort op die gevestigde tradisies van gasvryheid, vars vye en konfyt.
“Die tuna was in 1979 so volop, vyf dae ná ek en my vrou, Elna, getroud is, is ek vir ses maande diepsee toe. Daar was so baie vis, jy kon daarop loop. Toe maak ek in ses maande genoeg geld om die plaas te koop,” se Piet Dreyer, wat sy wyn Raka vernoem het na sy geliefde boot waarmee hy vir dertig jaar in die diepsee om Afrika se suidpunt visgevang het.
While in his office, Hennie hooks me up to the Rife scanner to scan my system for parasites. “It doesn’t look too bad,” he proclaims after a few minutes. I spot a few unwelcome internal guests on the report but Hennie brushes it off. “Be grateful you don’t have slugs in you!”
