We have a passion for what we do. As a very small company,
we believe that our small size and this passion make us best able
to meet the individual needs of a wide range of clients producing
fruit for discerning markets. We reject the predatory, maladaptive
approach of some service sectors of our industry. We are instead
committed to follow a restorative approach in our work.
We strongly
believe that a business works best when it has a positive vision,
high morale, definite standards and high goals. As horticulturists,
we believe we have a moral duty to ensure our customers get safe
to eat, delicious fruit of the highest possible nutrient value.
We advise our clients on how to produce such fruit through the implementation
and operation of cost effective and well-designed production systems.
We see this as a work in progress, and a very worthy occupation.
So what
is a well-designed production system? Good design rests on two principles:
1.
It changes the least number of elements to achieve the greatest
result
2. It removes stress from a system rather than adding
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We are
very proud of the fact that our service is based to the greatest
possible extent on sound, logical and sustainable production system
design.
We also
take pride in the quality of our service, both in terms of the scope
of the services offered as well as the manner in the service is
delivered to the clients. We offer relevant, ethical, personal,
positive, attentive and courteous service as standard to all our
valued clients.
So what
advisory and production services do we offer?
› Production
system appraisal and design
› Derivation of production,
packing and post-harvest protocols
› Contract research and
confidential in-house special projects
› Advice on a wide range
of production matters:
• Establishment
of new plantings
• Planting models
• Orchard floor management
• Mulching and composting
• Canopy management
• Citrus phenology
• Integrated pest- and disease
management
• Soil improvement and conditioning
• Nutrition programmes
• Optimisation of production, fruit
quality and shelf life
• Manipulation of flowering and
fruit set
• Management of rind quality and
colour
• Extension of the harvest season
• Post-harvest physiology
• Reduction of post-harvest decay
strategies
• Reduction of orchard stresses;
biotic and abiotic
• Crop forecasting and prediction
techniques
• Provision of a technical information
subscription service
• Canopy management strategies
on other crops: mangoes and avocadoes.
• Technology transfer to groups:
workshops, seminars and practical demonstrations
• Staff training (e.g. pruning
and ethylene degreening) |
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Contact
us to discuss your requirements
"The most truly efficient farm is one…. that builds
up its topsoil, that uses water sparingly and thriftily, that uses
pesticides rarely, if not at all, that understands that the secret
to healthy plants is healthy soil; not deadly chemicals"
Paul
Hawken in 'The Ecology of Commerce"
"Choose
the option that gives you the most options in the future"
Peter
Schwartz
"Short
of war there is no greater spectacle of human imbecility than this
funnelling off of our mineral fertility into the sea"
Louis
Bromfield (on the subject of soil erosion) in "Malabar
Farm"
"We
can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used
when we created them"
Albert
Einstein (from a compilation "Collected quotes form Albert
Einstein" by Kevin Harris)
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