{"id":468,"date":"2017-08-14T10:30:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T08:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safe.co.za\/SAFENews\/?p=468"},"modified":"2017-08-14T10:30:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T08:30:34","slug":"safes-marblehall-farm-welcomes-school-visit-to-contribute-to-youths-fruitful-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safe.co.za\/SAFENews\/?p=468","title":{"rendered":"SAFE\u2019s Marblehall farm welcomes school visit to contribute to youth\u2019s fruitful future"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Learners from a school in the Limpopo province had the chance to see a working fruit farm in action recently in a visit that is hoped will spark their interest in farming as a career.<\/p>\n

The grade 7 class from Ester Maleka Comprehensive High visited Cape Town based producer and exporter SAFE\u2019s (South African Fruit Exporters)\u00a0Marblehall Farm early in August.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe class had a project that they needed to complete for a school assignment. The visit to\u00a0Marblehall was the perfect way for them to learn everything they needed for the assignment, and we were only too happy to host them,\u201d said farm\u00a0manager Frans Vorsatz.<\/p>\n

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Marblehall is a citrus farm in Limpopo. It produces oranges, lemons and soft citrus for export to Europe,\u00a0Russia, the Middle East and Far East.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is the first time we welcomed a school visit such as this, and we look forward to the next school visit,\u201d said Vorsatz.<\/p>\n

On the day of the visit, the learners were shown the pack house and\u00a0briefed on the critical importance that health and safety plays on a farm such as Marblehall. They watched the intake of the bins, the tipping process, chemical treatments, waxing, sizing and classing all the way through to palletizing and the PPECB inspections that are carried out.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe learners were particularly interested in how we are able to trace\u00a0the source of every single box of fruit. They also asked a lot of questions about the specific preparations that we carry out for each particular export market.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the tour ended, the learners had the chance to pack their own bags of oranges to take home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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