Early indications of a good 2021 for SAFE
With six weeks of packing to go until the end of the citrus season, SAFE farm managers have already begun to “refresh” their fields by removing old trees and replacing …
Category: Oranges
SAFE citrus on high seas heading to international markets
While most of the world was clamped in restrictive lockdown, SAFE’s South African fruit farmers were hard at work harvesting citrus to provide international markets with a natural dose of …
SAFE praises SA agricultural sector “working in harmony” to overcome challenges
The complete supply chain concerned with growing, harvesting, transporting and exporting South African grown fruit to global markets has come in for high praise from South African Fruit Exporters (SAFE). …
SAFE exports help to feed the global demand for citrus
Apart from overcoming the challenges of congestion at some ports where fruit is landed, SAFE has not suffered any negative factors that impact on citrus exports as a result …
SAFE goes the extra mile to keep farmworkers virus free
A farmworker employed on a SAFE-managed farm refused to sanitise his hands before getting onto the transporter to take him home after a days’ work recently. “So, the driver of …
SAFE praised for having the “courage” to empower employees
Courage is not a term that you would necessarily use in describing the role of a packhouse manager. But courage is the term that SAFE’s Sunland packhouse manager, Shelton …
A healthy breakfast for SAFE farm kids
Now that the budget approvals are in place, SAFE is steaming ahead with plans to make life happier and a lot healthier for SAFE farm kids. Last month SAFE head …