Bokveldskloof
Work smarter, not harder. By Anna Mouton. “We have to improve the colour of our fruit,” says Hendrik Pohl, production manager at Bokveldskloof in Ceres. “And we have to increase our percentage class 1 fruit on the tree. We’re not…
Apple-growing in Australia
Fifteen years of the Future Orchards project. By Anna Mouton. The Future Orchards project was launched in 2006 to help Australian apple and pear growers improve orchard productivity and fruit quality. Fifteen years on, Fresh Quarterly spoke to apple grower…
Raising the bar
What comes next for the Orchard of the Future? By Glenneis Kriel and Wiehann Steyn. The Orchard of the Future programme was considered revolutionary when it was launched in 2010, but innovations associated with the participating orchards have since become…
Delivering on the Orchard of the Future programme
What was achieved during the first phase? By Glenneis Kriel and Wiehann Steyn. The Orchard of the Future programme aimed to future-proof the apple industry; to facilitate learning at different levels; to demonstrate new technologies; to get researchers into orchards;…
Back to the future
The birth of the Orchard of the Future programme. By Glenneis Kriel and Wiehann Steyn. Hortgro Science launched the Orchard of the Future programme in 2010 to stimulate discussion and spark innovation in the apple industry. Ten years later, Fresh…