Karsten Farms - Pella
Piet and Babsie Karsten started farming in 1968 on Kanoneiland, a fresh water island in the Orange River. In 1980 they bought the farm Roepersfontein. Today Roepersfontein is the head office of the Karsten Group, a conglomerate of nine fruit farms, an export and logistics company, an import and distribution company in the United Kingdom as well as production and packhouse facilities in Egypt. Within a distance of 300 km’s the Karsten Group owns eight fruit farms along the Oranje River, each comprising an independent production centre with a complete packing line for every 40 ha of table grape vineyards. An apple an pear farm was added in 2000 in the Ceres area with 129ha of orchards The Karsten farm in Klein Pella is home to 87ha of Date plantations consisting of 13 900 date palms. Of these 12 600 are Medjool palms. At present, 90% of all Majool dates in South Africa are produced at Klein Pella.

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